Patent ID: 7059954

Claim:
A method for processing poultry legs each comprising at least a drumstick, the method comprising: a. providing a plurality of carriers moveable along a conveyor path in a conveying direction; b. suspending each leg from a carrier, wherein each leg is suspended at only a single end of the leg; c. making at least one transverse incision substantially around the circumference of the drumstick in the vicinity of the tarsal joint of the leg, wherein the carrier from which the leg is suspended is moved along the conveyor path during making of the at least one transverse incision; d. conveying the carrier to a separating device for at least partially separating a part from the leg suspended by the carrier, wherein the separating device is adapted to at least partially separate parts from legs suspended from different carriers; and e. at least partially separating a part from the leg with the separating device, wherein the carrier from which the leg is suspended is moved along the conveyor path during the separating of the part from the leg.