Abstract: An apparatus for automatically disjointing the thighbones of poultry carcasses at the proximal end of the bones. Poultry carcasses are suspended from a conveyor chain which carries the carcasses to similar first and second thigh-disjointing stations of the apparatus. Each station includes front and rear vertical shafts are rotatably mounted on opposite sides of the conveyor chain. A sprocket rotatably driven by the chain is mounted on the front shaft, and front and rear turntables are mounted on the front and rear shafts, respectively. A plurality of disjointing rods are mounted on the front turntable and a plurality of guide members are mounted on the rear turntable. The sprocket rotates the front shaft which in turn rotates the front turntable for synchronizing the rotational movement of the rods with the linear movement of the conveyor.