We did our first chicken processing of the season today and thought I would use the opportunity to share with TLP comunity the steps we take to process our chickens.
The first step is taking them from their live pen to the killing station.
After the killing station they go to the scalder.
From the scalder they go to the feather plucker
Next they go to the feet, head, and pin feather removal station followed by the Evisceration table.
Notice the watering system overhead so we don't have to keep dragging hose over ground onto our clean surface. Notice also the wood under the table legs to slope the water where we want it.
After this they go to the cool tank, QC, and chill tanks.
The final product in the freezer.
