Yardbird Stainless Steel Restraining Processing Kill Cone

Materiales de buena calidad, motor grande, dedos grandes y el cilindro es grande igual, yo la uso para desplumar pollos de 3 a 5 kilos, por precaución solo 1 por ciclo, solo de 20 a 30 segundos y quedan muy limpios

I bought the plucker a few months ago but was only able to use it this past weekend. It performed beautifully. I had read a lot of the 1-3 star reviews and wanted to watch for the negative aspects of this plucker. I have used other brands (that you cant buy here) and they are twice the price. I had no problem plucking two birds at once but I usually only pluck one at a time. The plucker is never the bottleneck as far as 'processing day' goes so needing to pluck birds faster isn't an issue. I put a 5 gallon bucket under the machine where the feathers and water come out. (I drilled holes around the bottom edge of the bucket, this worked great). All I had to do was empty the bucket as opposed to clean up feathers everywhere. No more needing to stand and hose the spinning birds either. I read people were concerned the connector wouldn't fare well with the weight of the attached hose and that there was no shut off. I recently purchased an expandable garden hose with a shut off on it. This was the ticket. The plucker is way lighter than other pluckers (I've not seen another plucker with wheels) so moving it around was a far better experience than dragging the competition around. Other pluckers don't disassemble so you have to reach inside to try to clean them out. Taking the drum off made clean up a snap. If you've used other pluckers you'll know what I'm talking about. If you haven't count yourself lucky and buy this one. As a side note, I had a few questions about the plucker so I emailed the company. I got a fast reply with the information I wanted. They seem like a good company to deal with.

The Yardbird landed on my porch unlike other pluckers that are only delivered curbside with a truck or lift gate. The box looked like it had been through a war but the product was in good condition. There was a small ding in the fan cover on the motor so I contacted Yardird and they sent a replacement within two days. The unit functioned fine without the new part but when you spend your hard earned dough on an item you want it to look great as well. The Yardbird customer service is excellent. They answer the phone and speak English without an accent. The unit has some assembly required however for hundreds of dollars less than any other unit I was wiling to use a couple of wrenches to put it together. The instructions are well done and obviously written by someone that knows the English language. The manual contains assembly instructions, warnings, and even a parts page that shows all of the replacement parts that one could order if there was an issue. I was pleasantly surprised that there is a one year warranty published in the manual and there is a serial number on the manual cover that matches the serial number on the machine. I found this useful while calling customer service. Like many others I considered building a plucker. I looked at the detailed lists of parts that others have published to build their own. Just the materials ranged from $450 - $750. Also, you needed to be a machinist, a carpenter, and dabble at being an electrician to get it all together. To put this in perspective I researched purchasing a 1.5 H.P. washdown grade motor and the motor cost as much as this entire machine. This unit is a performer. With 1.5 H.P. and no belt slippage this thing can easily handled two seven pound birds. It's advertised rating is two eight pound birds and I believe that it can handle it. It is advertised as completely plucking two birds in 15 seconds. This is also accurate. If you are familiar with plucking by hand or with one of those external drum pluckers that throws the feathers everywhere this product will speed up the operation substantially. The secret is in the scald just as all other plucker users and reviewers have mentioned. When you are processing and forget to turn the scalder burner off you will get a couple of chickens with ripped skin. I also had a couple of birds with broken knee joints however the next step is to cut the foot off at the knee so this is not a deal breaker. The drive train is completely sealed and maintenance free (says the manual). We will see if it stands the test of time but it appears to be very solid especially in the drive train (motor, gearbox, and output shaft). After butchering the machine can be cleaned by releasing the latches on the tub. There is a nifty safety switch that does not allow the machine to operate without the stainless tub in place. My only complaint is that the on/off switch is a bit hidden from sight. Once a few birds are processed finding the switch is second nature but it takes some practice. All in all this product works and does exactly what is advertised. I would recommend this to a friend.

Great plucker. So fast. Does a fantastic job

Well worth the money! Easy to put together and makes getting those feather off a breeze. I used it on turkeys. It worked like a charm with the smaller birds. But the larger ones caused the machine to get caught up so I had to hold the larger birds. Still beats plucking by hand! That stuff is for the birds.