Abstract: A device for packing poultry with means (7) for supporting an opened bag (9) and means (12,13) for pushing a fowl into said bag, a pushing member (12) having a vertical central baffle (26) oriented in the pushing direction to guide the legs of the fowl in order to prevent a twisting movement of the pushed fowl, which otherwise at times could happen and provoke irregularity or even disturb of the pushing operation.

Abstract: A device for moving two members (6, 18) the one (6) for pushing the body of a poultry and the other (18) for pushing the legs of the poultry against its body, said two members being connected to two pivot arms (2, 12) by means of links (5, 16) one (12) of said arms being connected to a driving means (15) and said arms being mutually coupled by means of at the one hand a curved control slit (4) and at the other hand a control member (14) protruding into said slit, which is so formed that at the end of the stroke of the directly driven arm (12) the other is almost at a stand still.