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AKPirate wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

assateague wrote:

The oils in dick make them water resistant and the oils turn into a slippery mess. The the rubber fingers can't grab the feathers as well. Your videos are all chickens that pluck easier.

The oils in wut?

RonE wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:This summer somebody gave me an old duck plucker they had lying around. I tried using this evil sonovabitch on last weekends honkers and it was a total failure. I put a garbage bag over what I assumed was the exhaust end and in only a few seconds I was standing in a cloud of down. Next step I have the kid aim the air compressor nozzle into the plucker hoping a draft will push the feathers into the bag - negative. Im even more covered.
So we figure this pos needs suction to work so I clean out my shop vac and hook it up. Start in on a bird and its going great - no more feathers flying. I manage to strip about a 4 X 6 inch area on the first goose when the vacuum has a total loss of suction, take it apart and it completely plugged.

So does anyone have any experience with one of these things where it actually works?

Believe it or not, I have experience. We bought a "Duck-a-minit" and it worked great for about 10 ducks and then needed new fingers or whatever they are called. Turned out it was cheaper to just drop the birds off at a place that picked them and drink beer until they were plucked, wrapped and chilled.

Bootlipkiller wrote:

AKPirate wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

assateague wrote:

The oils in dick make them water resistant and the oils turn into a slippery mess. The the rubber fingers can't grab the feathers as well. Your videos are all chickens that pluck easier.

The oils in wut?

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assateague wrote:

Tiler_J wrote:Oh, also, wet birds don't pluck as easy as dry birds.

3legged_lab wrote:But what are your experiences with the "dick oils"

jehler wrote:Scold your birds in 170 degree water that has a fair squirt of dawn dish soap, thrash them around in the water until a wing feather pulls out easy, then pluck

assateague wrote:Just take the guard off completely and do it on the edge of your property closest to the neighbors house.

assateague wrote:Just take the guard off completely and do it on the edge of your property closest to the neighbors house.

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:Just take the guard off completely and do it on the edge of your property closest to the neighbors house.

Not a bad way to go but the whole purpose of using the plucker is to get the feathers off quicker - and save them.
Last season I hand plucked and saved enough to make a pillow. There is a place close to here that is a duck/goose processor, they sell pillows for $100 each and down comforters for $2K.
My pillow cost me 10 bucks.

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:Just take the guard off completely and do it on the edge of your property closest to the neighbors house.

Not a bad way to go but the whole purpose of using the plucker is to get the feathers off quicker - and save them.
Last season I hand plucked and saved enough to make a pillow. There is a place close to here that is a duck/goose processor, they sell pillows for $100 each and down comforters for $2K.
My pillow cost me 10 bucks.

The Duck Hammer wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:Just take the guard off completely and do it on the edge of your property closest to the neighbors house.

Not a bad way to go but the whole purpose of using the plucker is to get the feathers off quicker - and save them.
Last season I hand plucked and saved enough to make a pillow. There is a place close to here that is a duck/goose processor, they sell pillows for $100 each and down comforters for $2K.
My pillow cost me 10 bucks.

Hope you got all the mites out of it first...


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Bootlipkiller wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:Just take the guard off completely and do it on the edge of your property closest to the neighbors house.

Not a bad way to go but the whole purpose of using the plucker is to get the feathers off quicker - and save them.
Last season I hand plucked and saved enough to make a pillow. There is a place close to here that is a duck/goose processor, they sell pillows for $100 each and down comforters for $2K.
My pillow cost me 10 bucks.

You talking about the crazy old bat on dirty jobs in tule lake.


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3legged_lab wrote:

The Duck Hammer wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:Just take the guard off completely and do it on the edge of your property closest to the neighbors house.

Not a bad way to go but the whole purpose of using the plucker is to get the feathers off quicker - and save them.
Last season I hand plucked and saved enough to make a pillow. There is a place close to here that is a duck/goose processor, they sell pillows for $100 each and down comforters for $2K.
My pillow cost me 10 bucks.

Hope you got all the mites out of it first...
Thats why I spent money at the dry cleaner.

Sent from my Vox Mortem

Bootlipkiller wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:Just take the guard off completely and do it on the edge of your property closest to the neighbors house.

Not a bad way to go but the whole purpose of using the plucker is to get the feathers off quicker - and save them.
Last season I hand plucked and saved enough to make a pillow. There is a place close to here that is a duck/goose processor, they sell pillows for $100 each and down comforters for $2K.
My pillow cost me 10 bucks.

You talking about the crazy old bat on dirty jobs in tule lake.


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Haha. Trudy.

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:Just take the guard off completely and do it on the edge of your property closest to the neighbors house.

Not a bad way to go but the whole purpose of using the plucker is to get the feathers off quicker - and save them.
Last season I hand plucked and saved enough to make a pillow. There is a place close to here that is a duck/goose processor, they sell pillows for $100 each and down comforters for $2K.
My pillow cost me 10 bucks.

Feelin' Fowl wrote:Any idea how many gooses it takes to make a big ass comforter? That would be cool...

The Duck Hammer wrote:

Feelin' Fowl wrote:Any idea how many gooses it takes to make a big ass comforter? That would be cool...

186.39 but that's only if you use speckle bellies.


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Feelin' Fowl wrote:

The Duck Hammer wrote:

Feelin' Fowl wrote:Any idea how many gooses it takes to make a big ass comforter? That would be cool...

186.39 but that's only if you use speckle bellies.


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I don't see specks. Figure out the math on Canadians for me chicken boy!

Feelin' Fowl wrote:

The Duck Hammer wrote:

Feelin' Fowl wrote:Any idea how many gooses it takes to make a big ass comforter? That would be cool...

186.39 but that's only if you use speckle bellies.


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I don't see specks. Figure out the math on Canadians for me chicken boy!

Tiler_J wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:Just take the guard off completely and do it on the edge of your property closest to the neighbors house.

Not a bad way to go but the whole purpose of using the plucker is to get the feathers off quicker - and save them.
Last season I hand plucked and saved enough to make a pillow. There is a place close to here that is a duck/goose processor, they sell pillows for $100 each and down comforters for $2K.
My pillow cost me 10 bucks.

How much do you want to get? We bag up and throw away all our feathers near the end of the season. I can probably get you a few garbage bags full.

Feelin' Fowl wrote:Any idea how many gooses it takes to make a big ass comforter? That would be cool...

The Duck Hammer wrote:

Feelin' Fowl wrote:Any idea how many gooses it takes to make a big ass comforter? That would be cool...

186.39 but that's only if you use speckle bellies.


Sent from my Vox Mortem