about

Welcome to Brummel, a professional poultry processing plant located just outside of Rock Falls, Illinois! Established in 2017, we’ve been in the business for decades prior – we provide a professional, efficient, timely service.

USDA-inspected and organic-certified, our processing plant allows you to sell your poultry anywhere in the United States! Your birds are in safe hands with Brummel Poultry Processing.

  • Chicken and Turkey
  • Duck
  • Quail and Pheasant

As the mainstay of our business, chicken and turkey processing includes the slaughter, dressing, and packaging for consumption. Our efficient setup lets us handle any order in a timely manner, treating your birds with the skill and attention they deserve.

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With the unique demands posed by their feather pack, duck and geese require special attention and dedicated equipment. Our waterfowl processing system fully preserves the original quality of the meat through feather removal and evisceration.

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Game birds require additional precautionary steps to guarantee optimal food safety. Our quail and pheasant processing is designed to reduce the chance of foodborne illness contamination to the absolute minimum.

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Processing Guidelines

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Pre-Slaughter

Feed must be withdrawn from all poultry to be processed. However, allow your poultry access to water until you catch them for transport.

Pastured poultry must be removed from pasture no less than 24 hours before slaughter. Remove access to feed no less than 12 hours before slaughter.

We recommend that you catch your birds after dark, which minimizes the stress caused during capture.

2

Transportation

Brummel Poultry Processing expects all poultry to be transported in a clean, humane manner, preferably inside dedicated crates. We also allow the use of livestock trailers but will require you to help unload the birds into crates.

If additional containers are necessary, please let us know in advance so that we can have them available to you for rent. Please do not overcrowd creates or trailers; make sure your birds have adequate ventilation and protection from wind exposure.

Heat stress and crowding can kill poultry during transit!

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At The Plant

At the scheduled drop-off or pick-up time, our personnel will meet you in the loading area of our processing plant.

Please come to the front office to pay for processing and pick up your order.

We require clean clothing and footwear in both the office and loading area. We suggest you bring coolers to transport the finished product; we have ice for sale to keep your product chilled during the return trip.

faqs

Can I come to you from another state?

Yes! being a U.S.D.A. plant, our customers get to rest easy knowing there birds can sell and ship across state lines.

Do you process waterfowl?

We have started to process Waterfowl we ask that you do your research and figure out when your birds are going to molt as that is the best time to have them processed.

When can I drop off/pick up my birds?

Drop-off is between 6:30 and 7 on the morning of your scheduled appointment. Pick up is between 4 and 5 of that afternoon or 6:30 to 7 on the morning after your appointment.