Yardbird 28276 Medium Stainless Steel Restraining Processing Kill Cone for Poultry Chicken Foul Birds

First, these cones are great. We ordered just before midnight and received a shipping notification in about 2 hours. Showed up the next day. Kudos on quick delivery especially amidst the COVID 19 pandemic. Review on product: We have used these for three butcherings and they have seen well over 100 birds at this point. The design and size has fit broilers at 8 weeks old and an average of 5.5 dressed weight along with older roosters in which were 20 week old Orpingtons and Australorps (large breeds). Admittedly, a large cone would have been an easier use for both birds, but I do not knock the product nor the company on my error of size selection. Simply stating for the next purchaser to size up. Cleaning has been simple. I wanted to note one area of concern as I take cleanliness within processing very important. The design of this cone creates a seam within the back of the cone in which can harbor bacteria if not appropriately cleaned. We have a large washtub in which these soak in hot soapy water after a day of processing. Recommendation: we may take this down to the shop and weld the seam to appease my OCD on cleanliness and ease of clean. Not necessary to 99% but I wanted to share why I rated only at a 4/5 for ease of cleaning. Overall: the product for the price was well worth the purchase. In the picture, you may notice we used an alternate product and design on the other side of our dispatch stand. We prefer the cylindrical cones as these yardbirds for our processing and will be ordering 6 cones to replace our four and increase our processing productivity.

I've never processed a chicken before or otherwise seen the process done besides some homesteading YouTube videos but this seems to be the go-to method. The cone worked really well for the small-medium bird we had to process. It could have handled a much bigger chicken as well. It is well constructed and I expect it'll be around longer than I will.

Made well and durable but my broilers kept flopping out of it. Just used a stick to hold them in.

I bought the large and the medium because I was unsure about the fit for my chickens. I ended up using the larger for my Cornish broilers. They were probably about 7 to 8 pounds before butchered and came in between 5 and 6 fully dressed just for reference. Use: Very each to mount with just 2 screws just keep in mind if you mount to a wall or post as I did that the blood will drip onto what ever it is attached to. Over all the quality was good and the clean up was easy as there is not much to it. Nice simple but, effective design. Far better than having to hold the bird.

Cone is large and sturdy.

I really like the cones BUT the base should be larger. You have to reach your hand up to pull the chickens head through. My daughter does the "dispatching" I can't do that part. She said she likes working with the road cones. lol She hates how you have to reach up to get the birds head and then you get cut because the edges are sharp. I gave it 3 stars because of the stainless steel. I keep mine outside year round. Snow, rain and sun and they still look brand new and it has been 3 years.

Does what it's supposed to do.

Wow, Sturdy and big. Orderd a medium for broiler chics, you can fit a 15lb turkey if needed.

The Yardbird Stainless Steel Cone is a very well made product. However, I received the item damaged during transport. Their customer service resolved this problem right away. I certainly can recommend the product and the company and would buy it again from them.