Scully Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Landowners Mother has asked me to enquire on here if any members have experience of those rotary pluckers which is attached to a drill as advertised in Bushwear catalogue. Our present pheasant plucker (careful!) is retiring as she has had enough ( she gets well paid but dresses birds for most of the shooters who guest in local hotels....her husband is too tight to buy her a plucking machine) so we thought we'd start doing them ourselves. None of us mind doing the odd chicken for dinner but I don't fancy doing more than that. Any advice, experiences appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul T Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Have you asked her son...? (According to the song I'm not a pheasant plucker...) Being serious, I looked at the rotary drill ones and the thing that put me off is that it only does the easy bits i.e. the breast and back. You have to finish the other wings off by hand and they're the bits that are the hardest on a pheasant. If I had a lot of wildfowl then yeah, it might be a better option given the denser feathering, plus I'd be worrying about ripping the skin on young hen pheasants. There's a video here if you haven't seen it >>the plucker<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus bridge Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 I find it quicker and easier to just skin them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul T Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 I find it quicker and easier to just skin them. TBH I do if they are just for us, but when I give braces of birds away I like them to look 'proper' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted November 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 TBH I do if they are just for us, but when I give braces of birds away I like them to look 'proper' So do we. Many thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I bought the drill plucker thing from bushwear and it was a flop IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul99 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) I was given one as a Christmas present last year but only used it for the first time yesterday. It does works and is quick when you get it right but it's too cumbersome in a cordless drill IMHO - it's too easy to dig in and tear the skin on a pheasant - partridge faired better. I reckon set up where the plucker is held stationary and you move the bird instead it would work much better - I intend trying that next weekend. Edited December 2, 2013 by paul99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodach Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Check out you tube in US guy has a set up using battery drill clamped inside a drum and the feathers are collected in the drum looks a good idea. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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