Fingers for plucking birds with your own hands. Do-it-yourself pick-and-place machine. Washing machine plucker

The question of how the plucking nozzle is made poultry do-it-yourself, most often occurs among owners of small farms, who often have to deal with such a routine procedure as freeing bird carcasses from feathers and fluff. This work is especially tedious in cases where it is not necessary to pluck large chickens or turkeys, but quails.

The problem of tedious plucking of a bird is solved by purchasing or independently manufacturing a special device.

On the modern market there are several varieties of devices specifically designed for plucking poultry. They demonstrate high efficiency if the bird carcasses that need to be cleaned of feathers and fluff are preliminarily scalded with boiling water.

The principle of operation of most of these devices is based on the fact that the plucked bird is affected by special picking fingers - rubber pins, on the surface of which a special notch is applied. It is these pins that, when plucking chickens, quails or any other bird, grab the feather and pull it out of the skin.

Fingers for poultry are soft so that the carcass is less damaged. Harder fingers designed for waterfowl and wildfowl

As mentioned above, today several types of plucking equipment are offered, each of which is worth dwelling on in more detail.

Centrifuge-based plucking devices

A device for plucking poultry, operating on the principle of a centrifuge, is a container of a predominantly round shape, on the inner side surface and bottom of which picking fingers are fixed. The bottom of such a container in the process of plucking rotates with high speed, which ensures constant contact of the loaded bird carcasses with the beating fingers. As a result, the bird is quickly freed from the feather. In order for such a device to work more efficiently, during the plucking process, water is supplied to its inner part, which, in addition, washes away the already plucked feather and protects bird carcasses from damage.

Depending on the dimensions and specifications centrifuge plucker, this device can be used to process poultry carcasses of various sizes. So, small devices are suitable for plucking chickens, quails and ducks, and larger pluckers that consume more electricity are used to process carcasses of geese and turkeys.

It is advisable to purchase machines operating on the principle of a centrifuge for small farms, and other types of devices are used to mechanize the plucking of poultry carcasses at home.

Drum pluckers

Common devices (including for home use) are drum-type pluckers. They represent a precisely centered drum, on the outer surface of which the picking fingers are fixed. The carcass of a bird in the process of plucking is brought to a rotating drum, which can have a different length. It should be noted that it is not very convenient to use drum devices for plucking small poultry.

A budget option for this type of device is a drum attachment for a drill for plucking birds. Such nozzles, although they are universal, are not very convenient to use. To process a poultry carcass with such a device, you have to hold it with one hand, and with the other hand, a power tool that rotates the nozzle.

A simple plucking attachment consists of an aluminum body with holes for fingers and a shaft for fixing in a drill or screwdriver chuck

It should be borne in mind that the drum-type feather attachment allows you to pluck only one poultry carcass at a time, so for farms where you need to pluck several birds at once, it is better to purchase devices of other types. These are, in particular, pen-removing machines operating on the principle of a centrifuge, or larger and more productive drum machines, driven not by a power tool, but by a separate drive.

An even more budgetary device for this purpose is a nozzle for a plucking drill, the working body of which is not a drum with hammer fingers, but a sponge with a reinforced washing surface. Although such a nozzle looks primitive, it allows you to quite effectively pluck domestic or wild birds.

Serial feather removal equipment and special devices designed for plucking poultry are purchased mainly by farms and private entrepreneurs who regularly sell their products on the market or in retail chains. Many of those who breed poultry only for their own needs make such devices with their own hands from improvised materials, using only factory beater fingers, which today can be purchased at a low price. You can make your pen-removing device reliable only if you purchase high-quality picking fingers that will last much longer than those made by yourself.

Homemade pen attachments for power tools

A do-it-yourself drill attachment, which can also be used in conjunction with a screwdriver or grinder, is easy to manufacture. The main element of such a device is a drum, which should be characterized by a sufficiently high rigidity. To make a nozzle for plucking poultry with your own hands, you can use the following algorithm.

• To a segment made of light metal, with the help of screws or welding, a bottom is attached, in the central part of which a hole is pre-drilled.
• A pin is inserted into the hole in the bottom of the drum, which is fixed with two nuts. When choosing the diameter of such a pin, it should be borne in mind that it must be securely fixed in the chuck of the power tool used to actuate the pen attachment.
• Several rows of holes are drilled on the side surface of the drum along its entire circumference. They should be performed at the same distance from each other.
• Rubber hammer fingers are filled into the obtained holes.

If a suitable engine was lying around on the farm, then on its basis a more powerful device for plucking will be obtained

Such a feather plucking attachment, despite the simplicity of its design, can be used to process chickens, quails, ducks, geese and even turkeys. Such a nozzle for plucking birds will also come in handy for hunters, who also often face the need to process a large number of bird carcasses.

The simplest nozzle for plucking poultry can be made by hand from a piece of polyethylene pipe with a diameter of 100–120 mm. Two bottoms for such a nozzle can be made not from metal, but from hard plastic or plywood. Holes are drilled in the center of both bottoms through which a pin will be passed, designed not only for installing a nozzle on a power tool, but also for screeding the entire structure. As in the previous model of a home-made nozzle, holes are drilled on the surface of the pipe of this device, into which rubber pick fingers are tucked.

How to make a do-it-yourself feather drum

The feathering drum works on the same principle as the bird plucking attachment, but is longer and, accordingly, has a support axis at the free end. Such a plucking drum is driven by an electric motor and a belt drive.

It is not difficult to make a drum for plucking poultry. For this you will need:

1. a drum of any length with two axes (holes must be drilled on the side surface of such a drum in which rubber pick fingers will be fixed);
2. bed or frame on which the feather drum will be installed;
3. low power electric motor;
4. belt drive elements - pulleys and a belt;
5. a bag for collecting plucked feathers, which is hung on the bottom of the frame of the device.

Such a plucking machine can be used to process the carcasses of poultry such as chicken, quail, goose, turkey, etc.

Making a pen remover from an old washing machine

You can make an effective pen-removable device with your own hands from an old activator-type washing machine. The convenience of using an old washing machine to make a plucking device lies in the fact that it already has a drive in its lower part, which can be successfully used to transfer rotation to the bottom of the plucking device. In addition, the tanks of older washing machines are usually made of high-quality stainless steel, which is also a big plus.

In order to turn the tank of an old washing machine into an efficient pen-type installation, it is necessary to mount a rotating type bottom above its main bottom, which is connected to the activator shaft. Such a bottom can be made from aluminum sheet or other light sheet metal of the required rigidity. It is important to bear in mind that the diameter of the rotating part must be 5 cm smaller than the transverse dimension of the tank itself.

Making a larger gap is not recommended, as the limbs of carcasses of chickens and other birds, or even whole quails, can fall into it. Before fixing the rotating bottom on the axis of rotation, it is necessary to drill holes in it, in which the hammer fingers will be fixed. The same holes are drilled on the side walls of the tank.

Inside the homemade product - a circle of stainless steel and factory rubber fingers

Plucking is an important and frustrating step in bird handling if done by hand. If it comes to plucking a dozen carcasses, then you can’t do without a pen-removing device. Automation of the process allows you to give a marketable appearance to the bird in time or prepare it for storage.

A pen removal machine is an indispensable assistant, but its purchase for a small farm is not always justified. In this case, there is always the opportunity to make it yourself from household appliances. But an important step preparatory work is the determination of the dimensions and technological features of the device, which are selected based on the types of poultry being processed.

Device Features

The size of a home-made feathering machine allows you to process up to 30 carcasses in 1 hour, while maintaining the marketable appearance of the bird. The principle of operation is based on the movement of the beating fingers, which pull the feather out of the skin.

Perodera are of three types:

1. 1. Drum type. The beater fingers are attached to the outside of the drum. The operator holds the carcass and adjusts the pressing force. With the help of such a device, you can clean a bird of any size: geese, turkeys, ducks, chickens. First of all, the installation is intended for processing large poultry.
2. 2. The centrifuge is convenient for removing feathers from quails. The vertical container of a round shape rotates at high speed, and its walls and bottom are equipped with beater fingers from the inside, under the action of which the carcass is quickly cleared of feathers.
3. 3. Nozzle for power tools - a universal option. It is convenient to use when hunting, but it is problematic to process several carcasses at the same time.

Nozzle for a factory-made screwdriver

When using a centrifuge, the role of the operator is reduced to two actions: preparing the carcass (evaporating at a temperature of 80 degrees for one minute) and monitoring the operation of the apparatus, during which the bottom of the tank rotates at high speed and the carcass beats against the walls. After a few minutes, small feathers remain on the bird, easily removed by hand.

To speed up the process of plucking and preserve the skin of the bird, water is supplied to the working area.

Nozzle for screwdriver

In its manufacture, metal or plastic is used. Complement the design with beating fingers.

Homemade options:

1. 1. Preparation from a can. Thin tin is quickly crushed, so a more durable metal is chosen. For this purpose, a thick-walled pipe made of light-alloy metal is suitable. A bottom is attached to the workpiece and a hole is drilled in its center according to the size of the drill chuck. Holes are made along the perimeter of the cylinder and beaters are inserted.
2. 2. Segment of PVC sewer pipe with a diameter of 120 mm. The bottom is cut out of plywood or durable plastic. The hairpin is threaded through, and the edges are tightened with nuts. Fingers are inserted in the same way.

Pen attachment for a drill in operation

Productivity increases if the drill is fixed on the table.

Beater fingers are produced in different sizes, depending on the type of carcass being processed: the largest ones are for geese, turkeys; medium - for broilers; small - for quails.

Bills are sold in online stores. You can buy them at an affordable price and not waste time making them. The material used is silicone or special rubber. Raw materials do not emit toxic substances and have antibacterial properties.

Pounding finger: drawing with dimensions

Pen drum

The principle of operation is similar to the previous method, but in this case a large drum is used, and it needs to be fixed on both sides. The bird can be hung by the legs or held by the hands and the parts of the body can be treated one by one.

The unit is assembled from a low-power electric motor and a simple pulley gearbox. The drum is mounted on a bed, and a feather collection bag is suspended from below.

Feather drum: duck plucking process

From the washing machine

A home-made pen-removable installation can be made from an activator-type machine ("baby"). It is equipped with a fixed cylindrical container and a drive.

Assembly instructions:

1. 1. A drum is made from a sheet of tin, which is bolted to the walls of the machine.
2. 2. Holes are drilled in the drum for the hammer fingers.
3. 3. A round stainless steel plate is attached to the axle above the bottom.
4. 4. Holes are drilled at the bottom into which the beaters are inserted, as well as a hole for draining water.
5. 5. Filtration is provided by a colander installed under the gutter.
6. 6. Installation of the irrigation system. A plastic tube with many holes is attached around the perimeter.

The diameter of the rotating part should be 5 cm less than the tank, because limbs or quail carcasses get into a wide slot and get stuck.

Washing machine plucker

In such a device, carcasses of large birds can be processed: a goose or a turkey. But during the operation of the unit, dirty water with feathers rushes down, so care must be taken to protect the engine from getting wet.

Plucking a bird is not the most pleasant thing. Well if you need to remove feathers from several carcasses. And if you need to process 300 pieces, for example? Even the whole family cannot cope with such a grueling task. So it comes to mind for many owners of the poultry yard to make a do-it-yourself feathering machine. The homemade version will differ slightly from the factory one. It may not look as aesthetically pleasing. But the main thing is functionality.

Operating principle

A handmade one works on the same principle as a factory one. Most often it represents a capacious reservoir. Its inner part (both walls and bottom) is studded with rubber "fingers" - beaters. They are elastic pins, at the end of which there is a thread.

The carcass of the bird, doused with boiling water, is thrown into the tank. After turning on the engine, the bottom begins to rotate. The carcass begins to "dance" throughout the space. At the same time, she hits the beaters. From this, the feathers are removed. Only the smallest ones remain in hard-to-reach places that need to be removed manually. Everything takes no more than 2-3 minutes. To make the process faster, the carcass is poured with water. Water washes away excess feathers and protects the bird from damage.

Variety of species

Before you start making a pen-removing machine with your own hands, you need to decide on its type. This will depend on the number of carcasses.

• With centrifuge. It is a container (usually round or triangular in shape), on the inside of which beaten “fingers” are stuck. The bottom begins to rotate, and the carcass is processed with beaters.

• With drum. The machine of this type starts work due to the included engine. Beaters are attached to the rotor on the outside. The owner brings the bird to the rotor and holds it at such a distance that the beaters reach the bird. At the same time, he himself can regulate the force with which the carcass is pressed. Main advantage this method is that it is suitable for plucking birds of different sizes.

• In the form of nozzles for power tools. It is easy to make such a nozzle. This is the most economical option. But its disadvantage is the inconvenience in work. The operator must hold the bird with one hand and the tool with the other.

Not everyone can afford a factory pen-removing machine due to the high cost. Therefore, they are purchased only by those who grow poultry in large quantities. And the rest prefer a do-it-yourself pen-removing machine. Drawings for this can not even be used.

Where to get beats?

One common feature of all types of machines is the presence of beaters that will remove the feather. This does not change, no matter which option you choose to make with your own hands. The device of the pen-removing machine without fail assumes the presence of rotating rubber beaters. And this is one of the obstacles that can prevent you from making a car yourself. The fact is that it is impossible to make such a specific part at home. Therefore, beaters must be purchased at the store.

When placing an order, you must remember that beaters are not universal. They may vary in size. And their choice depends on the size of the carcasses. It is clear that the largest ones are suitable for the largest birds (geese, turkeys). And the smallest ones are for quails.

Nozzle for power tool

In this case, a piece of pipe with thick walls will serve as the basis. A blank is made from it, resembling a tin can. The can itself is not suitable, as it is made of very thin metal.

The bottom is welded to the pipe (or fixed with screws). A hole for the pin is made in the center of the bottom. Its diameter is chosen in such a way that it fits the power tool chuck (drill, screwdriver). The stud is secured with nuts. Holes are made along all the walls of the can, into which purchased beaters are inserted. "Fingers" are fixed on the outside of the pipe. This completes the process of making a do-it-yourself pen-removing machine in the form of a nozzle.

It is possible to facilitate the manufacturing process if instead of metal pipe take a polyethylene pipe, which is usually used for sewage. Its diameter should be approximately 10-12 cm. All other steps are performed in the same sequence as in the case of a metal pipe.

Drum type machine

The bird plucking machine in its design resembles a nozzle for power tools. The difference is only in size. The drum is made longer than the nozzle.

The drum is driven by an electric motor. A motor with low power and a pulley gearbox is enough. An axle is attached to the engine, on which the drum is put on. The drum itself is also mounted on the frame. A bag is hung from below, into which the feather will fall.

Centrifuge machine

The most common is the option when a do-it-yourself pen-removing machine is made from a washing machine. For this, models with a fixed cylindrical container are suitable. This option is very convenient, since there is already a drive from below that will rotate the bottom. In addition, the oil seal is also installed.

From the bottom of the machine you need to install a bottom that will rotate. Its diameter is usually made a few centimeters smaller than the diameter of the machine. But too much difference in diameters is not needed so that the limbs of the carcass do not fall into the gap formed. The bottom is connected to the axis. This joint must be sealed so that water does not get on the engine.

Holes are made on the bottom and walls into which the beaters will be inserted. In addition, it is necessary to prepare a hole for draining water and feathers.

This type of do-it-yourself pen-removing machine is the most popular. It allows you to handle birds of different sizes. If the carcasses are small, you can lower several at once. This should leave enough space for the carcasses to turn. The process itself is best done outdoors. This is due to the fact that when plucked, water and feathers will fly in different directions. Water must be added to speed up the plucking process and protect the bird from injury.

bred various birds for meat (ducks, geese, broiler chickens, etc.). At the same time, plucking carcasses is not so easy, and not very pleasant. It is for this that they came up with pen-removing machines that mechanize the entire workflow. For use at home, such a machine can be made independently. This article will tell you in detail how a do-it-yourself pen-removing machine is made for geese and other birds.

What is a transfer machine

Before you decide to make such a device yourself, you need to study this issue and understand the principle of operation of the machine.

The pen-removing machine is a container with rubber picking fingers. These fingers have a special surface that grabs feathers and pulls them out. Thus, without much effort, you can process several carcasses in a few minutes.

Removable machines are available in several versions:

1. With centrifuge. Such an apparatus looks like a round or triangular vertical container, inside of which there are beaters.

The bottom of this container with the same elements is untwisted at high speed. The carcass is twisted and processed with fingers. So she is freed from feathers.

To increase efficiency, water is added to the machine. It protects carcasses from damage and washes away excess feathers.

Not a very large bird can be loaded into it. For example, you can pluck quails, chickens and ducks. Goose feathering machines take up more space and are more energy intensive. These devices are mainly used in small farms. It is economically unprofitable to use them at home. Therefore, for large birds in the household, other feather removal machines are used.

2. With drum. Here the drum is rotated by a motor. The beater fingers are located on the outside. The operator holds the carcass at the rotating rotor and adjusts the clamping force.

Such a machine allows you to pluck a bird of any size. Of course, it is inconvenient to pluck small carcasses in this way.

3. Special attachments for power tools. This tool is universal (you can pluck birds of any size), but not very convenient to use. Here you have to hold the carcass with one hand, and the tool with the other. The inconvenience is justified by the low cost.

Of course, the mechanization of the process has many advantages, but there is one significant drawback - the high price. Therefore, only farmer and peasant farms who sell livestock regularly.

With home use, you still want to minimize costs as much as possible. It is for this reason that a do-it-yourself pen-removing machine has become so popular today. Here are some of these machines.

Making a screwdriver bit

The easiest option is to make a nozzle for a screwdriver. And immediately advice: it is not recommended to make fingers for a pen-removing machine with your own hands, since they are so cheap that there is no point in wasting time on them.

To make a nozzle for a screwdriver, you will need a blank in the form of a tin can (the can itself will not work here, since it is made of thin tin, which quickly wrinkles). You can make a blank from a thick-walled pipe of light-alloy metal. On the one hand, you need to fix the bottom with screws. A hole is drilled in the center of the bottom, in which a stud is fixed with nuts (in size it should fit the drill chuck). Holes for the hammer fingers are drilled in the cylinder itself, after which the rubber bands are tucked into the holes - and the device is ready.

Removable machine: we make an economical option with our own hands

Here, for the manufacture, a sewer polyethylene pipe with a diameter of approximately 10-12 cm is required. Any hard material is suitable for the manufacture of the bottom. The hairpin is threaded through, the "cheeks" are pulled together with nuts. Fingers are inserted in the same way as described above. In order to increase productivity and facilitate work, the drill can be attached to the table.

Pen drum

Dalkk will tell you about how a do-it-yourself pen-removing machine with a drum is made. Works like a drill attachment, only this attachment is longer. The drum is located on the support axis. In the manufacture, you can get by with a low-power electric motor and a simple pulley gearbox. Such a plucking machine can process any number of carcasses, while the size does not matter.

The drum itself is installed on the frame, a bag is hung from below to collect the feather, after which you can clean as many birds as you like.

How a do-it-yourself pen-removing machine is made from a washing machine

For the manufacture of such an apparatus, an old washing machine with a cylindrical fixed container, a ready-made bottom drive for rotating the bottom and an installed oil seal is ideal.

The main idea of ​​the alteration is the maximum use of the factory design. Holes for pen fingers must be drilled in the walls, and a round plate of hard metal should be installed above the bottom. The bottom of an old frying pan or pot is also suitable here. This base must be attached to the axis.

In the bottom, you also need to drill holes for the hammer fingers.

The rotating part should be smaller in diameter than the tank (approximately 5 cm). It is not necessary to leave a very large gap in order to avoid getting the limbs of the bird there.

At the bottom of the tank there should be a drain for water with feathers. Important: the axis of rotation must be sealed enough so that water does not get on the electric motor.

This feathering machine is capable of handling both large and small birds.

Barrel picker

A do-it-yourself pen-removing machine made from a barrel works on the same principle as an apparatus from a washing machine.

Initially, you will need a plastic or metal round barrel (about 1 meter high, about 70 cm wide). This barrel must be strong enough not to bend from the blows of the carcass.

On the bottom of the barrel and at the bottom you need to make holes for rubber picking fingers. the resulting drum must be placed in the frame. The frame can be made on the basis of wooden boards or metal corners. The first option is easier to do, but the second will be more reliable.

To the first layer of the bottom, you need to add another one, which will be attached to the rotating mechanism.

In order to mechanize the machine, you need an electric motor with a power of about 1.5 kW. To protect the motor, it is better to make it on a stand and take it to the side.

In this way, at no extra cost, a do-it-yourself pen-removing machine is made. How to make it in different ways, we discussed above.

The big advantage of this unit is the cost. After all, it is made from improvised materials. Factory feathering machine is quite expensive.

Households often breed poultry for meat (ducks, geese, broiler chickens, etc.). At the same time, the plucking process is not easy and not very pleasant. It was in order to save the owners from such an unpleasant occupation that a pen-removing machine was invented. For use at home, you can make a do-it-yourself pen-removing machine.

The principle of operation of devices

Before proceeding to self-manufacturing apparatus, you need to understand the principle of its operation. Plucking machine - container with rubber beaters. These fingers have a special surface that can grab feathers and pull them out. Thus, without any effort, you can get several processed carcasses in a matter of minutes.

Such devices are available in several versions:

Of course, the mechanization of the process has a lot of advantages, but there is also a significant disadvantage - the high cost. That's why they buy these machines. only farmers or individual business executives engaged in regular sales of livestock.

But even with home use, you want to minimize costs, which is why a do-it-yourself pen-removing machine has gained popularity these days. There may be several options.

Removable machine in the form of a nozzle for a screwdriver

This option is one of the easiest. Important advice: do not try to make fingers yourself, because their cost is low.

In order to produce a nozzle, you need a blank that has the shape of a tin can. But the jar itself will not work, as thin tin will bend very quickly. Use thick-walled alloy metal pipe. On one side, attach the bottom with screws, drill a hole in the center, fasten the stud in it with nuts (the diameter and dimensions must match the drill chuck). Drill holes for the hammer fingers directly in the cylinder, then fill the rubber bands there - the unit is completely ready for use.

The second economical option: take a sewer pipe made of polyethylene, the diameter of which does not exceed 12 cm. Any hard material is suitable for the bottom. The hairpin is threaded through, the “cheeks” are pulled together using nuts. The fingers are inserted in the same way as described above. To increase productivity and facilitate work, the drill can be attached to the table.

The device with a drum works on the principle similar to drill nozzles, it differs only in a longer length. The drum is located near the reference axis. For manufacturing, a low-power electric motor and a simple pulley gearbox are enough. You can process a large number of birds, regardless of size. The drum is mounted on a frame, a bag for collecting feathers is suspended from below, then an unlimited number of carcasses can be cleaned.

Production of a unit based on a washing machine

To make it, an old washing machine is perfect, having a fixed cylindrical container, a ready-made drive at the bottom, rotating the bottom, and an oil seal installed.

The main point of processing is the maximum use of a standard design. Holes are made in the walls for attaching fingers, a rounded plate of hard metals is attached above the bottom (the bottoms of old pots or pans will do). The base is attached to the axis. Holes are also drilled in the bottom.

The part that rotates should be smaller than the tank (about 5 cm). If the gap is too large, bird limbs can get there. At the bottom of the tank, it is also necessary to equip a water drain, while at the same time ensuring the tightness of the axis so that water cannot get on the electric motor.

With the help of such a unit, both small and large carcasses can be processed.

Barrel-based pen stripper

So, at no extra cost, you can make a plucking machine with your own hands. A significant advantage of such a device is that it can be assembled from improvised materials.