Can you pluck quail in a Whizbang plucker?
The basic Whizbang will not pluck quail. However, the Whizbang can be easily modified to pluck small, thin-skinned, game birds. To do this, you will need to install MANY more plucker fingers in the “featherplate” (the spinning, disc-shaped, finger-studded plate in the bottom of the tub). You should also use very soft plucker fingers in any plucker that will be used for gamebirds. If you are looking to build a quail plucker (which, by the way, will also pluck chickens), I strongly recommend that you contact my chicken-plucking friend, David Schafer, maker of the Featherman Plucker. David makes a plucker specifically for game birds. He can answer questions specific to making a game bird plucker. You can also purchase the really soft plucker fingers from him. In the event that you decide to purchase a gamebird Featherman plucker from David, Make sure you request a Whizbang Discount. You’ll save some money by simply mentioning those two words.
