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MPU Photo Gallery
Here's the unit in action on Gary Pettit's farm, Lodi, N.Y.

MPU rear view The basic components of the Mobile Poultry Processing Unit (MPU) include:
  • Equipment storage box (front).
  • Chilling tank (behind box).
  • Stainless steel processing table.
  • Barrel-type plucker (behind table).
  • Scalder (rear, right).
  • Kill cones (rear).
Propane cylinders are mounted on the trailer's tongue.
The MPU's layout easily accommodates work teams of a half dozen or more. A tarp can be raised for shade or protection in inclement weather. MPU front view
Killing cones Birds are transferred from
crates to the killing cones where
their necks are cut and they are
allowed to bleed. After bleeding,
the birds are transferred to the
propane-fired scalder.
Scalder
Rubber fingers in the walls of the barrel plucker quickly remove feathers. Plucker
MPU side view The birds are eviscerated on the processing
table and placed in the chill tank.
Chill tank
floor The metal-grate floor speeds clean up.
With the right tools and a little practice,
a couple can process about 20 birds an
hour with the unit.

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