SuperHandy Chicken Plucker 1HP 120VAC - Electric Stainless Steel Poultry Processing Machine with 92 Soft Fingers, 20" Drum, GFCI Safety & Waterproof Design, Transport Wheels

We bought this to process chickens on our homestead. It was pretty easy to assemble. It is pretty heavy but has wheels to roll it where it needs to go. To be honest, a plucker is not a cheap item but it is so nice to have. It does the job well. It does not come apart for cleaning but we found it drains pretty good. There is just a shoot down at the bottom where all the feathers come out. I just gathered them up and put them in the compost. Glad we have it and look forward to more processing of our homegrown meat.

This thing works great! I used it on quail and chucker, and it did a great job. I put 5 of the small birds in at the same time. They were done in a few seconds.

Putting together the plucker was pretty easy, although the manual is out of date. When attaching the legs with the wheels, the left and right are labeled wrong, but it’s easy to figure out the right orientation. Also, it came with the proximity sensor installed, so I either I was sent a used one or it now comes installed.The plucker works pretty well, and would work well for a few birds l, but I would recommend for a lot of processing. Here are my issues…The body of the plucker is a little flimsy. It’s mostly fine when it’s installed but can easily bend when your cleaning it. I’d like it to be made with a little thicker metal. To improve the existing design, an extra piece of metal could be added at the bottom of the body to give it a little more rigidity without adding too much weight or cost to the product. The next issue is the number of fingers. If your only doing one bird, sometimes a number of the feathers didn’t get plucked. We were doing roosters who were 14 months old. Since they were a little larger we did them one by one and with the feet and head on, the bird would get stuck in the fingers. We started to remove the feet and head and getting stuck no longer was an issue. But I’d recommend you always do at least two birds at a time if they are broilers or 6-10 months old. If this plucker had more fingers, then the birds wouldn’t have gotten stuck. Another issue is the placement of the on/off switch. It’s a common location on many pluckers, but it would be a great option to have an optional remote on/off switch that could be mounted to the side of the base or something. Being 6’2” tall, it was a pain having to kneel down and find the switch. There are others pluckers that have this on the power cord, but I wasn’t comfortable with their online presence and support. Another thing would be to have a longer power cord, at least another 3’, which would move the electrical away from where your spraying water into the plucker.My big recommendation is to clean and completely dry the plucker when done using. I took off the body and made sure there were no feathers stuck in the fingers and did the same for the base plate. (Don’t loose the key on the spindle.) To make sure the plucker was completely dry, I used an air compressor (not a can of air) to blow out all the water from under the fingers, the seam on the tank AND the rivets. The seam is not welded along the entire length and rivets are not sealed, and will accumulate water making it easy to start rusting. We will probably get some mineral oil (food safe) and lightly coat the edge of the seam and the rivets to prevent them from rusting. For storage, I covered with an extra large contractor trash bag and set a small “damp-rid” container inside to help absorb any remaining moisture while being stored in the barn.Overall, it’s a decent machine for someone doing maybe less than 30-40 birds a year as long as you completely clean and store it properly. In my opinion, it’s also worth it to get the additional warranty from Amazon. Mechanical items like this can easily die for no reason.

Used for the first time a few weeks ago, this product made processing the poultry much quicker than the usual method of hand plucking. It was easy to put together and use and was easy to clean afterwards as well. I like that it has wheels on it so it's much easier to move around and store.

This is a lie saver! We only do 10 to 20 chickens each year, and this cut the time way down and worked great!

It works ok. I can only fit 1 10lb bird at a time. I tried 2 at a time and they get stuck and motor doesn’t spin. Absolutely no turkey will fit. That’s is false advertising. It’s not fast spinning but it does the job good enough. If you have a lot of small birds from 5-10 lbs it helps to get them done faster. It’s just not what I was expecting. I thought I could do bigger birds by the description. False....Update: I changed my 2 stars to 1 star because seller contacted me and asked what they can do to help. I told them and they don't want to help. So know that this is small machine. If you need help seller is not helpfull.

After spending approximately 50% more money on the big plastic plucker, I realized that I got plucked and I returned it and purchased the same one everyone else uses.Great product!

If you've ever plucked a chicken by hand, you will know that is the worst part of the entire process. This takes a 10 minute task down to 15 seconds.Works very well as described so can't add much more to why you need this. However, I would add some considerations and things to watch out for.1) Make sure your scalding water is ~150. Keep the chicken in there until the wing feathers are easy to pull out2) The power switch is in a rough spot, below the drum. Not the easiest to turn on the machine while holding the bird3) Ensure you have water close by to run water over the chicken as it is tossed around the machine. If working alone, I have put the hose on top of a ladder pointed down toward the drum so I can turn on after the machine is on, with one hand4) Run until clean, turn off power, and then rinse off feathers with water that are stuck to the fingers.As others have mentioned - the power cord is rather small and runs past where the wet feathers come out. It seems very easy that water can get to where you plug in the power to the extension cord. What I have done is wrap a plastic bag around where the power is connected and to cover/tape it up. A bit of extra work up front but better safe than sorry.I would also recommend getting a plastic bucket that fits snugly between ground and feather chute. Drill holes throughout the bucket so feathers can drain out water in between birds without having an overly gloppy feathery mess.