Thoughts on this poultry processing kit from roots and harvest vs. buying each piece individually?
by These-Explorer-9436
Thoughts on this poultry processing kit from roots and harvest vs. buying each piece individually?
by These-Explorer-9436
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We didn’t have enough power to run our neighbors whizbang plucker, it kept tripping the breaker. It works at his house, not ours. How many people and chickens are on the line? I likely wouldn’t use the vac sealer for chickens, maybe for small parts but I tend to use heat shrink exclusively. I guess the pricey looking thing on the top left is for a hot water scald. That seems like a really nice luxury to have if you don’t have another stove/heat option outside.
The value is saving your time not having to do it. I’d guess it’s probably slightly cheaper then buying each item individually from the same company. However, some of the items can probably be found cheaper (bags, scale, shears) or can be made yourself from less expensive materials – a killing cone can be made simply from a 5 gallon bucket, you could use a normal cooler to ice bath before bagging. The big item is the plucker, which is genuinely worth buying if you plan on doing more than a couple birds per year.