METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECLAWING POULTRY

摘要

A method of declawing poultry by applying a form of heat to the claws of a o ne- day old poult. The preferred form of heat is microwave energy, which is applied for one-half second. After such a bloodless and relatively painless treatment, the claws fall off in one to three weeks. Declawing apparatus including a magnetron supplyi ng microwave energy into a waveguide into which a poult's toes are inserted by conveyer which carries the poult in inverted position by shackles from which the poult is suspended in inverted position.