How long does it take to process a thousand turkeys for market?
Image by Neeta Lind
"Heritage Turkey"
Note: not raised for large breast size, ultra lean, this bird can fly.
Question by loryntoo: How long does it take to process a thousand turkeys for market?
Needed for a book. Assume work force is 20 people and some equipment is automated.
This is the slaughter and plucking and cleaning and packaging operation. It is NOT raising the birds.
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5 Responses to How long does it take to process a thousand turkeys for market?
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why not go to the Tyson website and look through their advertising stuff and what all they do in their processing. It will help more than asking the Y! A teens anything!
SuZQ
August 3, 2013 at 8:56 am
What does process them mean? You mean raise them to slaughter and package to market or are you talking about cooking them?
mark
August 3, 2013 at 9:55 am
idk
Kayln
August 3, 2013 at 10:07 am
Less than a day, it is completely automated with fewer than 20 quality inspectors making sure the bird has been properly dressed out and packaged.
Kieth
August 3, 2013 at 10:43 am
The slaughterhouse that butchers the chickens I raise can process about 110 birds in an hour with a 5 person work force. Turkeys take longer because of their size. 20 workers could mean 4 processing lines. If each line can handle 50 turkeys per hour it would take 5 hours to process 1,000 birds. Add one more hour to clean up afterward.
winterrules
August 3, 2013 at 11:31 am