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Finalize Outdoor Processing Station Layout

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OUTDOOR CHICKEN PROCESSING SETUP..EQUIPMENT DETAILS, SETUP AND PLANNING

What happens here

With all equipment unboxed and assembled, the presenter provides a comprehensive tour of the complete outdoor processing station. The layout is designed for a sequential workflow: 1. **Killing Cone Station:** Features the metal rack holding various sized killing cones (galvanized from Rite Farm Products, stainless steel from Meyer Hatchery), with buckets strategically placed below to collect blood, maintaining a clean processing environment. 2. **Scalding Station:** The propane scalder is positioned next, ready to heat water to the optimal temperature for feather loosening. 3. **Plucking Station:** The automatic plucker stands nearby, ready to efficiently remove feathers immediately after scalding. 4. **Preparation/Evisceration Station:** Stainless steel prep tables are equipped with wooden cutting boards, a set of Dexter brand knives (including a specialized pinning knife, paring knives, a butcher knife, and an oyster shucker used for pinning), and the three-bay stainless steel sink for washing and chilling the eviscerated birds. 5. **Packaging and Storage:** Shrink bags are shown for final packaging, and a freezer in a nearby building is indicated for long-term storage. The overall design prioritizes a smooth, hygienic transition from live bird to packaged product, effectively integrating all functional aspects into the outdoor landscape.

Goal: The presenter provides a final walk-through of the fully assembled outdoor chicken processing station, demonstrating the logical flow and strategic placement of each component to optimize efficiency and hygiene within the farmstead's outdoor design.

Tools and materials

  • Automatic chicken plucker
  • Cutting boards (wooden and plastic)
  • Killing cone rack (Rite Farm Products)
  • Knives (Dexter brand: pinning
  • paring
  • butcher
  • oyster shucker)
  • Stainless steel prep tables
  • Three-bay stainless steel sink
  • Shrink bags

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see you back to mark alright we've got everything put together down here we're gonna walk you through this whole setup this whole scenario it's really really cool so let's go from start to finish right here is a stainless steel killing cone and this is a right farm's product galvanized killing cone or hugging cone is what we're going to call them tomorrow and this one is available from Myer hatchery down here is where we'll catch all of our hugs from our birds when we dispatch them for our consumption right here is our scalding pot and inside the scalding pot there's a thermometer here and there's a little scalding trough that will be filled with water tomorrow right here is our plucker this thing this apparatus and the bottom here will spin and basically shucks all of the feathers out of this little vent right here in the back we'll show you all that tomorrow it's going to be quite the messy experience now we have another type of plucker this is a tabletop type plucker and I'm not really sure where the feathers will go with this one but we're going to try it out you can see how it does this one is from Meyer hatchery and this is for more of a budget type plucking operation now here we've got a couple cutting boards I've got a couple specialty knives this is called a pinning knife and this is for getting the feathers out of the bird's wings we have a couple paring knives this is the killing knife these are two paring knives butcher knife of some sort don't if you're a chef correct me on these knives and also an oyster shucker so I brought the oyster shucker out because it's pretty similar to our pinning knife so if we've got two people pinning we can use it poster shucker all these are Dexter knives these are awesome awesome quality knives these are our shrink bags livers and gizzards all the chickens and processing out to the freezer in the building so guys I hope you had some fun today going through all the stuff that we're going to use to get started in processing our chickens it's really interesting to me thanks again to Myer hatchery for sponsoring all these videos on chickens and also thanks a lot to coops and more coops and more they'll be a link down below that's where we got the big plucker and the scholar and most of the killing cones don't forget guys click that like button subscribe to the channel if you want to see more stuff like this and thank you a whole lot for coming and I think you'll enjoy this chicken processing video we're gonna

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