UPDATE: Apparently the following “caveat” wasn’t enough. So let me make this entirely clear:
IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SEE A CHICKEN DIE THEN DON’T CLICK THE LINK AND THEN CLICK PLAY ON THE VIDEO
If you still watch the video and then complain about it, go look in the mirror, it’ll show you the root cause for the problems you have with the world.
Original post follows:
Caveat: The linked site is in Danish (translation of the important parts below), it’s not mine and the video is definitely NSFW … unless you work at a slaughterhouse, in which case it could be considered educational.
I have looked into using a funnel, way before MapleEngineer’s harvesting posts. But those posts did make me question the efficiency of our process.
So I need to know, is this really how it’s done? No clubbing a frightened bird in the back of the head? No ax? No close calls on chopping your own fingers off, because the bird started moving? No death flapping? Surely it can’t be this simple?
The important bits and pieces from the video:
- The blade is extremely sharp and is replaced every 10 or 15 birds.
- The water is 65-70°C
- Scalding is done for a whole minute or until the wing-feathers let go.
Thanks for the feedback!
I’ll have to give this technique a try. The guy in video writes that he takes the feet off because he thinks it’s easier to handle in the plucker. I guess it’s in the eye of the beholder.
I mentioned taking the feet off in the scalder to my wife just now. She said, “That’s weird.” I find them very slippery once they’re plucked and we always handle them by the feet. Our plucker is quite a bit larger so that may contribute to the issue.
Decapitated is one of several acceptable killing methods in our province. It’s very fast.