Description:

After the birds have been electrically stunned, their heads areguided to a circular cutter by a bar directly in line with theabove overhead converyor. In this process, the blood vessel in thebird''s neck is opened without damaging the windpipe or gullet.

 The accuracy of the automatic killer is of the utmostimportance. Should the artery be cut inaccurately, the meat willtake on a reddish hue. If damage is sustained by the windpipe orthe gullet, the operating efficiency of head puller and auto-cropping machine will be diminshed.