Development of automatic de-feathering machine for chickens/ Justine Bautista, Adrian L. Canceran, Matthew D. Garcia, Rogelio B. Lee, and Sherwin Ian C. Sogale .--

Bachelor's thesis

College of Industrial Technology .-- Bachelor of Engineering Technology major in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Technological University of the Philippines, 2022.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Defeathering chicken is commonly done using bare hands, a prototype of this kind can do it more
faster and with greater accuracy. As a result, neither the factory nor the poultry farmer can produce
the necessary defeathered chickens using this type of traditional defeathering procedure. Because
there is a higher demand for chickens, people traditionally slaughter their chickens because there
is no machinery that can slaughter chickens completely. This study focuses on the innovation and
improvement of defeathering machines for poultry purposes, particularly chickens. Loading a
feathered chicken and unloading a defeathered chicken are the two steps in the defeathering
process. Once the chicken is in the tub, the machine will start spinning and begin defeathering the
chickens. It was evaluated to determine its acceptability in terms of maintainability, safety,
functionality, economy, and aesthetics. The evaluators were composed of 19 individuals with an
expertise in defeathering chickens. The evaluation result obtained an overall mean of 3.20, with
an equivalent descriptive rating of "Acceptable." The result showed that the prototype achieved its
function in defeathering the chickens.