Southern Hens, Inc

Southern Hens, Inc operates under USDA FSIS establishment number P17766 at 329 Moselle-Seminary Road in Moselle, Jones County, Mississippi. The federal record lists poultry slaughter and poultry processing activities, a small size class, and a grant of inspection date on file of July 19, 2021. FSIS places the plant in slaughter volume category 5.0, its highest reported band, and no custom-exempt activity is reported. Species detail was not reported to FSIS, though the company describes itself as a chicken processor.

According to the company website, Southern Hens has been a processor of heavy fowl since 1992 and describes itself as a full-service chicken processing company specializing in foodservice and retail-ready poultry products. The site states the company was formed in 1988 by a group of broiler companies to secure an outlet for spent hens and roosters, and that a 65,000 square foot slaughter facility on a 107-acre site began production in June 1992. The site reports annual volumes growing to 22,000,000 head of heavy fowl, with a canning line added in 2007, a boneless broiler meat line in 2012, and a second fully cooked plant in April 2015 that added marinated diced and strip products along with fully cooked wings.

The website directs product orders to a distributor or to the plant phone number, and states that the company may be the processor behind brands sold at local grocery stores. Nothing in the sources describes custom slaughter for individual farmers, on-site retail sales, or posted hours. Details beyond what is stated here are not yet on file.

The sources do not describe a retail counter, bundles, or shipping to households. The website states that anyone wishing to order products should contact their distributor or call the plant at (601) 582-2262, and notes that Southern Hens may be the processor behind brands found at local grocery stores.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.