On Sun, 14 May 2006 23:05:50 -0700, Steve R. wrote:
So here is how they did it at a local packing house:

There was an endless cable with W shaped holders that ran from the loading
area to the de-feathering machine. Several men removed the live chickens
from cages on a truck, and hung them by their feet in the Ws. When about 20
chickens were loaded, the cable started moving. Their heads were dragged
over a shocking device that stunned the birds, and then passed over a
concrete pad, where a man sitting on a chair, cut their throats. After that
a hole saw in a hand drill was used to cut a circle around each birds anus,
and the guts were suctioned out. On to a wheel knife the cut the feet off
over the de-feathering machine, which then spat them out into a vat of cold
water. two people then fed them into a machine that band sawed them into 7
pieces, and ejected them into plastic bags for freezing.

Steve, do you know how that de-feathering machine worked?

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