This is an edited version of the article I published in Issue 113 of the APPPA Grit, which was based on the conversation in this podcast. Not a member of APPPA? Go check them out. Last fall, I had the pleasure of consulting with a producer on some questions about his farm’s turkey processing procedure….
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After listening to the episode on learning the art of scalding, listener Chad asked if I could explain how to pick a chicken plucker. I happy to help. Quick disclaimer: While the advice in the episode is general purpose, the examples use the Poultry Man line of pluckers to illustrate the points because that’s what…
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Chicken health problems are not fun, but sometimes we don’t identify those problems until processing day. You can tell a lot about how a chicken was raised by what it looks like on the evisceration table. While the information you receive won’t benefit the birds being processed, it will give you information to evaluate the…
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