| 摘要 |
A portable system moving a debeaker apparatus within a barn to reduce the transportation and handling of a bird. A frame which holds the debeaker apparatus, a receiving chute, a staging cage, a delivery chute and a first and second storage baskets has wheels for easy movement from one location to another location. In a barn, an operator removes a plurality of birds from a starter cage and places the birds in the receiving chute which directs the birds to a platform in the staging cage. The platform has an inclined surface such that the birds have a tendency to face away from the operator. This orientation of the birds assists in the alignment with respect to a head retaining member of the debeaker apparatus. The operator selects a bird from the platform in a staging cage for presentation to the head retaining member associated with the debeaker apparatus. Once a bird is accepted by the head retaining member, a containment shield is resiliently positioned adjacent opening in the top or the return chute. After the beak of the bird is disabled by the debeaker apparatus, the bird is released from the head retaining member. The containment shield limits the movement of the bird as the bird is presented to the return or delivery chute such that the bird is transported to one of the first and second storage baskets. A first counter connected with a central control for the debeaker apparatus is responsive to operation of the debeaker apparatus for directing a predetermined number of birds to each of the first and second storage baskets. A second counter associated with the central control has a first read out which provides an operator with a total number of the birds debeaked during a fixed time period and a second read out which provides an operator with a serial total of the birds debeaked by the debeaking apparatus.
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