A system (20) for removing feathers from poultry carcasses (50), including a scalding apparatus (28) that applies the dual cascade of heated water downwardly onto poultry carcasses passing beneath. A quill picking unit (30) follows the dual cascade scalding apparatus (26) to remove the feathers from the carcass after the pores have been enlarged by the dual cascade of scalding water. After the feathers have been pulled from the carcass (50), the carcass is passed through a chiller (40) which applies a dual cascade of cooling water downwardly onto the carcasses passing through the chilling unit.

Hub adaptor to convert an existing hub (i.e., old fashioned finger plate assembly, a single plate assembly) which requires each individual finger to be pulled in physically by either pliers or finger pullers, to one compatible with a modern quick change finger system, or other two-plate systems.

Hub adaptor to convert an existing hub (i.e., old fashioned finger plate assembly, a single plate assembly) which requires each individual finger to be pulled in physically by either pliers or finger pullers, to one compatible with a modern quick change finger system, or other two-plate systems.

A poultry defeathering device, comprising a feather cap having a first opening configured to be coupled to a hub, a finger plate having a plurality of second openings, each of the second openings configured to be coupled to a respective rubber finger, wherein bases of respective rubber fingers determine a distance between the feather cap and the finger plate.