Carter Collection Vintage Poultry Plucker

Creator

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information

Files

Publication Date

2022

Abstract

This poultry or chicken plucker device was used on the Boyhood Farm of President Jimmy Carter, now part of the National Historical Park in Plains. Park interpreters and rangers show visitors what life was like on a farm, and this item is always of interest. The plucker was used to remove feathers with the help of rubber fingers that beat the feathers from the bird after it was killed for food. Although this device is not well-known in today's culture, it made the process of removing feathers from a bird much easier for those who participated in a farming way of life. Nowadays, most people buy meat from the grocery store and are not familiar with the tools that were once used on farms for agricultural production needs.

Extent

1 3-D Model

Keywords

Cultural property, Farming, Poultry farms, Agriculture, Chickens, 39th President, Jimmy Carter National Historical Park (Plains, Ga.), What-Is-It, National Park Service, Homesteads, Farms

Alt Text

A three-dimensional model of a device used to pluck the feathers from farmed poultry, possibly chickens in particular. The device has a cylindrical drum covered in rubber pegs sticking out across the drum's external surface. The drum is suspended by a central bar that has a metal wheel attached to it, allowing the drum to be turned by hand. A metal hood covers some of the device, and the entire apparatus is held up by four legs with support parts positioned horizontally between them. The model can be rotated, moved, and zoomed in and out to allow for viewing of additional details at multiple angles.

Type

MovingImage

Recommended Citation

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information, "Carter Collection Vintage Poultry Plucker" (2022). Carter Collection - 3D Models. 27.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cdhgi_carter_3d/27