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New guy here. We've been raising chickens for meat and eggs for about 6 years, and Muscovy ducks for meat for about 3 years.
I've been processing the broilers at a processing plant that's about a 2 hour drive. You have to drop them off one day, and pick them up 2 days later, which is a lot of time and miles, so I've decided to try processing them at home.
In researching what equipement I would need, I came across a French tool, a "pince a tuer", that is supposed to be a humane way to kill / bleed the chickens. It is basically a pair of pliers that has a scalpel blade on one of the jaws, and a smooth cupped surface on the opposing jaw. With the chicken in a cone, the jaw with the blade is inserted into the mouth with the smooth cupped jaw on top of the head, then the handles are squeezed which drives the blade into the brain. This is supposed to cause immediate brain death, but allow the heart to keep beating to allow a proper bleed out.
This is a link to a picture in a French catalog: http://www.catalliance.com/dept63_63_01_004_0601007_fiche_pince_a_tuer_volailles_638.html
Has anyone here ever used one of these tools? Did it work well? Do you consider it humane?
Any source for one in the US?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Mac_
I've been processing the broilers at a processing plant that's about a 2 hour drive. You have to drop them off one day, and pick them up 2 days later, which is a lot of time and miles, so I've decided to try processing them at home.
In researching what equipement I would need, I came across a French tool, a "pince a tuer", that is supposed to be a humane way to kill / bleed the chickens. It is basically a pair of pliers that has a scalpel blade on one of the jaws, and a smooth cupped surface on the opposing jaw. With the chicken in a cone, the jaw with the blade is inserted into the mouth with the smooth cupped jaw on top of the head, then the handles are squeezed which drives the blade into the brain. This is supposed to cause immediate brain death, but allow the heart to keep beating to allow a proper bleed out.
This is a link to a picture in a French catalog: http://www.catalliance.com/dept63_63_01_004_0601007_fiche_pince_a_tuer_volailles_638.html
Has anyone here ever used one of these tools? Did it work well? Do you consider it humane?
Any source for one in the US?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Mac_