Not too shabby huh!?
ALRIGHT, the main event. Let's talk about pulling feathers.
This would be nice to have, if you plan on de-feathering chickens.
Unfortunately, I don't have money growing the garden, though I tried, and now I'm short $14.
I did see a link to a much simpler, much cheaper version of the item above. So here is an in-depth how-to on how to build your own. Do they work? I assume so, but I'll have to update that in a few weeks.
Here are some parts I bought to make it
(This is a 2" PVC End Cap, a 3/8" bolt, 2 washers, a 3/8" nut, and lock washer)
I also bought 2 long rubber bungee-cords. To maximize the amount of rubber "fingers" I could cut, I created this design:
It's basically 2 "L's" that are inverted. You'll need extremely sharp and powerful shears - I used Sheet Metal shears.
So, I drilled a 3/8" hole (actually 25/64") hole in the top of the end-cap, in dead center.
I then drilled several 3/8" holes all around the outside of the end cap. I stuck the rubber fingers through the holes, so the "nub" is on the inside. This will keep the rubber fingers from flying out.
The finished product:
Well, that was great and all, but it wasn't enough for me :-D To be honest, it's fairly tiny. I needed it, yes, to get in the nooks & crannies of the chicken - the hard to reach feathers. But to use that for all the feathers would take a while. So I decided I would make a much larger one as well. This one will be used for removing a bulk amount of feathers quickly.
I drilled a pilot hole in the 6" PVC Drain Cap.
I built a wooden jig to keep it from moving around.
Other than that, the process is pretty much the same.
And now....for the best picture of them all....
You see, I couldn't just leave these as is. They were far too cool and dangerous (alright not really, I tested it on myself, haha) to just be left as is. They needed an awesome name.
I give you.....drumroll.......the Clucker Plucker 2000 and the Clucker Plucker 6000!
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