Pastured Poultry Processing Equipment & Setup

If you are planning to raise chickens for meat, having the right processing equipment will make your life much easier. Before you learn how to butcher a chicken, it’s a good idea to have a solid plan and know what chicken processing equipment you need. On our farm we raise Cornish X meat chickens and process them here on the farm every week.

In this video, we first cover our chicken processing set up and all our equipment we use as well as recommendations for other equipment based on the size of your operation, be it a small homestead or a pastured poultry farm.

Make sure you subscribe to our channel as I will also show you in an upcoming video how to kill a chicken humanely and how to process your chickens. This is great for homesteading or if you are after those pastured poultry profits!

Equipment:

Kill Cones
Single Kill Cones - https://amzn.to/3vCbwGT
Group of 4 - https://amzn.to/3EedVv8
Kill Cone Stand with 8 Cones - https://www.feathermanequipment.com/shop/kill-cones-kill-stands/kill-cone-stand-8-cone/

Scalder
For small scale use a turkey fryer and thermometer - https://amzn.to/37bO37f
Larger homesteads and farms - https://www.feathermanequipment.com/shop/scalders/featherman-stainless-scalder

Chicken Pluckers
To pluck just a few chickens use a drill attachment - https://amzn.to/3JB1XwI
For small homesteads - https://amzn.to/3uHdwy9
For large homesteads and farms - https://www.feathermanequipment.com/shop/pluckers/featherman-pro-plucker

Knives
Boning Knife used for kill and everseration - https://amzn.to/3OfIdCu
Breaking Knife used for everseration and parting out - https://amzn.to/3OegCl2
Electric Bone Scissors - https://amzn.to/3JUNoo1

Meat Grinders
For small homesteading - https://amzn.to/36cB2tl
For large homesteading and farms - https://amzn.to/3EeSOIX

Chill Tank
For large homesteading and farms - https://www.feathermanequipment.com/shop/chill-tank/chill-tank/
For small homesteads, you can use coolers. A 100 quart cooler can chill 16 birds.