The real niche is in MOBILE processing units.
As seen on Gordon Ramsay's F-Word, for example.
And I'm trying to track down a guy here in W. PA who built one.
He comes out, with cones, plucker, scalders, coolers, tables, etc on this truck/trailer setup.
I'm not sure how the labor works -- I think it's a combination of the mobile chicken processing guy and you and whomever you get to help.
I think it's a great idea for a business, and avoids some of the regulatory issues (at least here in PA) because it's on-farm processing.
And it's more humane, because the birds don't have to undergo the stress of transport.
The waste gets disposed of on the site where the birds were raised.
You could even become a local clearinghouse for people who had a small number of birds and wanted to go in together on getting the processor out.
It's all good.
As seen on Gordon Ramsay's F-Word, for example.
And I'm trying to track down a guy here in W. PA who built one.
He comes out, with cones, plucker, scalders, coolers, tables, etc on this truck/trailer setup.
I'm not sure how the labor works -- I think it's a combination of the mobile chicken processing guy and you and whomever you get to help.
I think it's a great idea for a business, and avoids some of the regulatory issues (at least here in PA) because it's on-farm processing.
And it's more humane, because the birds don't have to undergo the stress of transport.
The waste gets disposed of on the site where the birds were raised.
You could even become a local clearinghouse for people who had a small number of birds and wanted to go in together on getting the processor out.
It's all good.