ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA method of automatically debeaking poultry in which a frame withholding or restraining and/or supporting means is provided for holding orrestraining and/or supporting the head of a bird substantially immobile, adebeaking assembly is disposed in the vicinity of said holding or restrainingand/or supporting means, and comprises a debeaking element which isdisplaceable between a non-operative position and an operative position wherethe debeaking element is in a debeaking position against the beak, the methodincluding the improvement whereby debeaking is performed in two stages:a first stage in which the debeaking assembly together with the debeakingelement is brought into the proximity of the beak while the beak is in a waitingposition; anda second stage during which the debeaking element is displaced relativeto the debeaking assembly in order to perform debeaking.
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