Equip Sizing

This page will help you determine what size equipment you will need for the birds per hour you wish to process.

Basic 200 Birds Per Hour

These are our most basic packages. The number of birds that can be done is based on the amount of labor available. 3 experienced people can do 60 birds per hour. 7 experienced people can do approximately 200 birds per hour. The basic equipment will do up to 100 birds per hour. Optional equipment will allow the operator to process 350-500 birds per hour. The bird per hour numbers are based on 4-5 pound live weight birds and is contingent on appropriate manpower on the processing line. The average person can process 15-20 birds per hour.

BASIC MANUAL STARTER SYSTEM

1-22” Food Grade Plastic Picker

1 -Manual Scalder

4- kill cones

1 - Stainless Steel Table

BASIC SEMI-AUTOMATIC SYSTEM

1 - 27” Stainless Steel Picker 

1 – Rotary Stainless Scalder

1 – Rotary 6 Bird Kill Statin                   

1 - Stainless Steel Table

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT

4 Man eviscerating trough/shackle bar w/6 shackles

Stun knife

Vacuum Packaging Machine

Poultry Cut Up Saw

EQUIPMENT FOR LIVE BIRD MARKET

The following equipment is recommended for a live bird market.

Ashley SP 23 Picker

Ashley SS 30 Scalder

Kill Cones galvanized  up to12 @ $40 ea.

4  Man Evisceration Table

Cages For Live Birds hold aprox 10 birds, can stack 3 high each

Bird ID bands  colored numbered 1-100

OPTIONS

1 - SS Kill Rack Wall mounted kill rack to hold kill cones

1 - SP30 Picker   All automatic controls, automatic door etc.

1 - SS36 Scalder

1 - 6 Man Shackle Evisceration Trough

Knifes 

1 doz. Boning knives

1 doz. Eviscerating Knives

6 - pinning knives

2 - Sticking knives

8 - Aprons 

Equipment For 350 Birds Per Hour

Suggested equipment for a poultry processing plant to process a volume of approximately 350 Birds per hour. This is based on a scalding temperature of 142-145 degrees Fahrenheit, on average size chickens.

2  - Wall-mounted killing rack

16 - Hen Fowl cones: (Galvanized)$40.00 each

1 - SS-30 Galvanized scalder: 120/220V-60HZ-1PH

1 - 3 ½  Dial wall thermometer  

1 -  SP-30 Picker: 220V-60HZ-1PH  

1  - Catch tray for picker

2  - 4-Man eviscerating trough/shackle bar 

10 - Eviscerating shackles                               

Accessory Items 

12 -  White eviscerating aprons

12 - Olive kill aprons 

12 - Boning knives

12- boning knives

6 - Pinning knives 

6 - Poultry stickers

6 - Clippers (wings & feet)

6 - Gizzard shears

2 -12" Steels

Optional Equipment

AM-30-SS Stainless steel scalder: 

SSP-30 Stainless steel picker 

Pickwick Stainless Steel Picker SPJ3

Pickwick Stainless Steel Dunker/Scalder 

Stainless Steel Kill Cones