I personally thought the intro was great. And I must say I am glad my stock in yellow wood is safe. As an amateur chicken plucker finger counter , I have taken into account of the angle of the sun in the the video along with the camera angles to determine with the mathematical equation of the circumference of each plucker finger divided by the amount of time it took to pull each finger to be a total of 145 pluckers.
Hey Ed - Your YallaWood stock is safe and sound as long as I am in charge of the farm. If it were Rick's decision though - it would all be Schedule 40 PVC or possibly even thin wall PVC - because he would complaining how much it costs.😂 Your amateur yet scientifically derived mathematical plucker finger conclusion is noted. The angle of the sun and shadows, may have cast some degree of variance on your conclusion, but the placement of the fingers is an approximate function of the outside circumference of the barrel and the hypotenuse of the A2+B2=C2 formula whereas C2=2. 😂😂 Thanks for watching! - Rick
Seen a bunch of home built pluckers but this this one wins. Very well built and Im guilty of over engineering. My Dad was a builder and has a really nice shop so we are always doing projects from rebuilding a hot rod motor or working on the jeep to building furniture. One of his quotes is Jon I think thats enough screws in that board. Great job bud on the plucker.
Thanks Jon for stopping by and watching. I appreciate your feedback. One of my pet peeves is having to go back and doing something a 2nd time because it wasn't done correctly the first time. So I over-build everything. Glad I'm not the only one. When I die - I want my epitaph to read "he did it better than he had to." 😄 It's my inner military coming out. It works like a champ. The chicken in the video was a 7 pound Cornish Cross - which took about 20 seconds to take the feathers off of. - Rick
I've seen a few using older washer machines with the rubber inserts installed. This is a very nice set up you built. Your father builds things to last for years. Keep doing what you do Rick. We use to pluck yard birds old school, dipping in hot water and plucking by hand. Not a job I looked forward to as a kid.62 fingers
Hey!! Thanks for visiting! I hand plucked one and said - I aint doing that no more! I have seen the one with an old washing machine as well - even those had too many moving parts for my liking. This thing is really simply built, but really solid in function! - Rick
Great video Rick. I bought mine but that is really nice. Ok i say you have a total of 160 fingers in your Whizbang Chicken Plucker. man that is nice system. 5 Stars brother.
Thank you so much - it works incredibly well. We put out our video yesterday of the whole processing operation. I actually works better than i was expecting. I need to engineer is shield to redirect the water from the tub, but this is the only mod I plan to make - having now used it a processing cycle. Thanks for stopping by and watching. - Rick
Thanks for sharing this video! It's easy to raise chickens, but not so easy to clean them. I haven't made the jump to buy the kit to build a plucker but I'm thinking it's on the list for a year or two down the road. We do not raise chickens for meat but do have a couple dozen for eggs at this time. My favorite meats on the farm are rabbit and chicken. We eat lot's of beef and some lamb too. I guess you can say when it hits the table, we eat it! Have a great weekend!
Thank you so much for stopping by and watching. We have about 100 birds - mostly for eggs, but seasonally for meat. We raise our own chicken and goats for meat. We use goat as a ground beef substitute. We will be adding hogs to our operation next year hopefully. This machine works great - best of all we can fix it easily if it breaks. - Rick
I spent 7 years in the Navy as a communication electrician. Everything I worked on were very dated electro-mechanical devices. I really enjoy this kind of stuff!!!
Thanks Jan for watching! The motor specs are a 3/4 hp - 1750 rpm - 1/2" shaft. If the motor on your 3/4 hp booster pump has these specs - I dont know why it wouldn't work - the only question I would have is the torque on the motor over the life expectancy of the motor. 3/4 hp is the minimum recommended - I got the 1hp in this build for about $10 more than the 3/4hp so I went with it. A pump motor might even be a really good option since it is built for wet and damp applications. The pulleys both accept a 1/2" drive. - Rick
I love this presentation! Thanks❤ I know it’s over but 97. My first guess was 137. Then I did an imaginary count but I know you would use the whole purchased lot if it fit and exactly WHO would sell a 97 count?!😂
Man I hate missing your video live so we could chat. If you can do turkeys and Cornish cross chickens, then I guess we can do wild turkeys and ducks. How would it do with dove and quail?
I think it would do just fine with ducks. Dove and quail - not sure due to size. There is about a 1.5" gap between the feather plate and the side of the barrel and about a 1-1.5" gap between the fingers in the feather plate and the fingers in the side of the barrell. My concern is if the birds are too small, they may get lodged in those areas. I think with one more layers of fingers, you could sufficiently close the gaps and it would work just fine!!! - Rick
Thanks so much for visiting and watching. The shaft and feeatherplate were the only pre-manufactured parts I purchased. The shaft is 1" in diameter - 15.5" long with a welded flange on top. The flange bolts to the feather plate and I used stainless steel bolts. I purchased those two parts from www.planetwhizbang.com/whizbangpluckerparts
I am sorry, but I do not make and build. I fully endorse the design and it could certainly handle the largest chickens - even turkeys. I do good to keep up with the form chores I already have. You can buy pretty much every piece of the plucker at Planet Whizbang - Here is the link - www.planetwhizbang.com/poultry-processing. Thanks for stopping by and watching. - Rick
Thank you so much for watching. That giveaway was a year ago - if I recall correctly - the final number was like 147. The plucker works really well and is super sturdy!!! It will do 3 chickens in about 15 seconds. It's really efficient. My only complaint is it is heavy!!! But I am able to do ANY repairs to it. - Rick
@@TheLaLaFarm I was just being funny about exactly 176 but I think I'm very close, now what I'll do a chicken 🐔 plucker build book 📚??? I'm waiting to figure that part out, maybe raffle it off on UA-cam 😵😂😂😂🐓
@@vernondaniels6506 If you win - I will give you your choice of shirt instead if you would like. The shirts are demonstrated in ua-cam.com/video/AjmCKHfgFa0/v-deo.html at 9:45 timestamp.
Thank you so much for watching. That giveaway was a year ago - if I recall correctly - the final number was like 147. The plucker works really well and is super sturdy!!! It will do 3 chickens in about 15 seconds. It's really efficient. My only complaint is it is heavy!!! But I am able to do ANY repairs to it. - Rick
As I was watching this premier tonight, it did dawn on me that I said plucker a lot. One twist of the tongue could have been catastrophic.🤣🤣 I was treading verbal water.🤣🤣
I personally thought the intro was great. And I must say I am glad my stock in yellow wood is safe. As an amateur chicken plucker finger counter , I have taken into account of the angle of the sun in the the video along with the camera angles to determine with the mathematical equation of the circumference of each plucker finger divided by the amount of time it took to pull each finger to be a total of 145 pluckers.
Hey Ed - Your YallaWood stock is safe and sound as long as I am in charge of the farm. If it were Rick's decision though - it would all be Schedule 40 PVC or possibly even thin wall PVC - because he would complaining how much it costs.😂 Your amateur yet scientifically derived mathematical plucker finger conclusion is noted. The angle of the sun and shadows, may have cast some degree of variance on your conclusion, but the placement of the fingers is an approximate function of the outside circumference of the barrel and the hypotenuse of the A2+B2=C2 formula whereas C2=2. 😂😂 Thanks for watching! - Rick
Sorry I couldn’t win. But this is awesome how y’all put this together. The most simple but in depth video I’ve watched. Thank Y’all a Bunch.
My guess is 220 fingers. This is a very sturdy built plucker! Love the attention to detail ! GOD bless
Thank you so much for visiting our channel!! Your plucker finger guess has been noted. Thanks for participating.
Seen a bunch of home built pluckers but this this one wins. Very well built and Im guilty of over engineering. My Dad was a builder and has a really nice shop so we are always doing projects from rebuilding a hot rod motor or working on the jeep to building furniture. One of his quotes is Jon I think thats enough screws in that board. Great job bud on the plucker.
Thanks Jon for stopping by and watching. I appreciate your feedback. One of my pet peeves is having to go back and doing something a 2nd time because it wasn't done correctly the first time. So I over-build everything. Glad I'm not the only one. When I die - I want my epitaph to read "he did it better than he had to." 😄 It's my inner military coming out. It works like a champ. The chicken in the video was a 7 pound Cornish Cross - which took about 20 seconds to take the feathers off of. - Rick
I've seen a few using older washer machines with the rubber inserts installed. This is a very nice set up you built. Your father builds things to last for years. Keep doing what you do Rick. We use to pluck yard birds old school, dipping in hot water and plucking by hand. Not a job I looked forward to as a kid.62 fingers
I had the ring the bell again.I know I rang it once. So I guess now we have to watch out for YT un-ringing bells go figure!
Hey!! Thanks for visiting! I hand plucked one and said - I aint doing that no more! I have seen the one with an old washing machine as well - even those had too many moving parts for my liking. This thing is really simply built, but really solid in function! - Rick
That is totally awsome...love it..thank you for sharing..umm yes. You need something you can fix...
It works like a champ!!! Thanks for watching!
I say 168 fingers! That's a very nice feather plucker! I found you through Walsh Farms!
Good to meet you Sharaon and thank you for the feedback on our plucker. Yourr plucker finger guess is noted. Thanks for visiting the farm. - Rick
NICE review your chicken plucker looks great durable
Thank you for visiting the farm. I built it sturdy and is easy to fix - should last a long time. - Rick
Great video Rick. I bought mine but that is really nice. Ok i say you have a total of 160 fingers in your Whizbang Chicken Plucker.
man that is nice system. 5 Stars brother.
Hey Tony - Thanks for the feedback brother!!! This this works really well. Your guess is no noted. - Rick
That thing is a beast. Great job guys!
Thank you so much - it works incredibly well. We put out our video yesterday of the whole processing operation. I actually works better than i was expecting. I need to engineer is shield to redirect the water from the tub, but this is the only mod I plan to make - having now used it a processing cycle. Thanks for stopping by and watching. - Rick
heii i am from Brazil. your project is nice
Very nice,,its great to have plucker machine like that
It sure is!
155 you crazt whizbang chicken pluckers lol Much love brother!
Your guess is noted Baja - Be well brother. - Rick
great job my guess is 65 that was so cool thanks guys. take care
Noted. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing this video! It's easy to raise chickens, but not so easy to clean them. I haven't made the jump to buy the kit to build a plucker but I'm thinking it's on the list for a year or two down the road. We do not raise chickens for meat but do have a couple dozen for eggs at this time. My favorite meats on the farm are rabbit and chicken. We eat lot's of beef and some lamb too. I guess you can say when it hits the table, we eat it! Have a great weekend!
Thank you so much for stopping by and watching. We have about 100 birds - mostly for eggs, but seasonally for meat. We raise our own chicken and goats for meat. We use goat as a ground beef substitute. We will be adding hogs to our operation next year hopefully. This machine works great - best of all we can fix it easily if it breaks. - Rick
@@TheLaLaFarm You have the gift of being a good mechanic. I spent 27 years in maintenance at a food processing plant. Those were the days! :)
I spent 7 years in the Navy as a communication electrician. Everything I worked on were very dated electro-mechanical devices. I really enjoy this kind of stuff!!!
Very nice. Good video. 87
Your estimated is noted Michael - Rick
Nice build. Great idea,
Thank you!! Thanks for stopping by and watching!
Nice job
Thank you and thanks so much for stopping by and watching. - Rick
All of them 😂. I’m gonna say 95! Good build I recently bought a smaller one. Worked Great so far.
Thank you for stopping by and visiting the farm. So estimate of fingers is noted. - Rick
Very nice👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Urban Gandpa Prepper sent me here!
UGP is great - Thanks for stopping by!
Hey Rick that’s pretty cool! Can you use a 3/4 hp booster pump? I might’ve missed it. 92 finger pluckers?
Thanks Jan for watching! The motor specs are a 3/4 hp - 1750 rpm - 1/2" shaft. If the motor on your 3/4 hp booster pump has these specs - I dont know why it wouldn't work - the only question I would have is the torque on the motor over the life expectancy of the motor. 3/4 hp is the minimum recommended - I got the 1hp in this build for about $10 more than the 3/4hp so I went with it. A pump motor might even be a really good option since it is built for wet and damp applications. The pulleys both accept a 1/2" drive. - Rick
I love this presentation! Thanks❤ I know it’s over but 97. My first guess was 137. Then I did an imaginary count but I know you would use the whole purchased lot if it fit and exactly WHO would sell a 97 count?!😂
Wow that's so cool love it 🍁🎃🍂Christina
Thank you for stopping by and watching. - Rick
I like your modifications! I have been accused of overbuilding things myself. Will probably steal some of those ideas!!
Thanks James - it's a beast and works like a champ!!! - Rick
What size pulleys did you use? I heard 4 inch and what is the larger size?
I am going to show my hubby he wants to make his own plucker to...
Well this one works like a champ!!! It would be a good choice and easy to repair. Thanks for stopping by and watching.
@@TheLaLaFarm Looks awesome.... I think your looks better then one on amazon and ebay
You need a flinger above each bearing to seal the water out of the bearings. If water sits on the bearing, eventually the will rust inside.
Quedo bien asta pa dos gallina con esa fuerza de motor
This would easily pluck 2 birds.
Man I hate missing your video live so we could chat. If you can do turkeys and Cornish cross chickens, then I guess we can do wild turkeys and ducks. How would it do with dove and quail?
I think it would do just fine with ducks. Dove and quail - not sure due to size. There is about a 1.5" gap between the feather plate and the side of the barrel and about a 1-1.5" gap between the fingers in the feather plate and the fingers in the side of the barrell. My concern is if the birds are too small, they may get lodged in those areas. I think with one more layers of fingers, you could sufficiently close the gaps and it would work just fine!!! - Rick
Great build Rick! What size shaft did you use and how does it connect to your feather plate?
Thanks so much for visiting and watching. The shaft and feeatherplate were the only pre-manufactured parts I purchased. The shaft is 1" in diameter - 15.5" long with a welded flange on top. The flange bolts to the feather plate and I used stainless steel bolts. I purchased those two parts from www.planetwhizbang.com/whizbangpluckerparts
Thank you. Very helpful.
A bit late to the contest, but I guess 156...???? God bless your family & farm!!!! 🤗💓🐓🙏
Do you make and sell? I really need one And love how big this is! My chickens are huge so this would great!
I am sorry, but I do not make and build. I fully endorse the design and it could certainly handle the largest chickens - even turkeys. I do good to keep up with the form chores I already have. You can buy pretty much every piece of the plucker at Planet Whizbang - Here is the link - www.planetwhizbang.com/poultry-processing. Thanks for stopping by and watching. - Rick
Save your money and build your own, it obviously is an extremely simple build. No real skill or prior knowledge involved.
Very interested and would like to order 3 chicken plucked. PNG
80 👍🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻
Noted. Thanks for watching!
45 fingers!
Noted. Thanks for watching!
Для утка пойдёт?
My husband said 116 an he like the video
Thank you so much for watching. That giveaway was a year ago - if I recall correctly - the final number was like 147. The plucker works really well and is super sturdy!!! It will do 3 chickens in about 15 seconds. It's really efficient. My only complaint is it is heavy!!! But I am able to do ANY repairs to it. - Rick
I'm still wondering if I got the number of fingers right , I believe I'm really close if not right on ???!!
The secret will be sprung on or around September 30 - I have your guess of exactly 176. 😀
@@TheLaLaFarm I was just being funny about exactly 176 but I think I'm very close, now what I'll do a chicken 🐔 plucker build book 📚??? I'm waiting to figure that part out, maybe raffle it off on UA-cam 😵😂😂😂🐓
@@vernondaniels6506 If you win - I will give you your choice of shirt instead if you would like. The shirts are demonstrated in ua-cam.com/video/AjmCKHfgFa0/v-deo.html at 9:45 timestamp.
@@TheLaLaFarm Ahh, ok Guess What !! Shirt is cool. In Purple X-L would work for me!!
How much please
It's pretty noisy, but it's faster than doing it by hand!
Agree completely!! - Rick
There should be exactly 176 fingers on the chicken plucker. That's my guess.!!! Am I right???
The truth will be told on September 30. Thanks for stopping by the farm. - Rick
Not sure about your plucker but mine has 92 so that’s what I’m going with 😆
Thank you for your estimate - it is so noted. - Rick
We will guess 136
Thank you so much for visiting The LaLa Farm and watching this video. Your guess is noted. Good luck to you! - Rick
My husband guessed it is a 117 fingers
Thank you so much for watching. That giveaway was a year ago - if I recall correctly - the final number was like 147. The plucker works really well and is super sturdy!!! It will do 3 chickens in about 15 seconds. It's really efficient. My only complaint is it is heavy!!! But I am able to do ANY repairs to it. - Rick
Great video but you are going to have one less finger if you don't take that wedding ring off!
125chicken plucker..
Thanks for stopping by and watching. - Rick
I think 5 number of chicken use.
81 fingers
So noted. Thanks!
No chickens plucked
72 on the plate
150 fingers
Thanks for watching to the end. Your guess is noted! - Rick
My guess is 132 chicken plucker fingers.
Thank you for stopping by and visiting the farm. Your estimate of fingers is noted. - Rick
75 fingers
Thanks for stopping by and watching. - Rick
That's almost a hundred fingers
this is an older video - but it about 140 fingers. Thanks for stopping by.
176 fingers
At least 140 fingers
98
Noted. Thanks for watching!
99 fingers
175
66 rubber finger 😆
68
102
100
Young people just don’t get old people humor. Say chicken plucker 5 times really fast.
As I was watching this premier tonight, it did dawn on me that I said plucker a lot. One twist of the tongue could have been catastrophic.🤣🤣 I was treading verbal water.🤣🤣
Very nice👍
Thank you! Cheers!
90 fingers
100
150 fingers