OUR HISTORY
We started in 1937 as a small hatchery and feed mill.
Shown here is our founder, Herman Hickman in his hatchery complex in Gordo, Alabama in 1956. Over the years, Peco has grown into a fully integrated poultry processing and packaging company.
Facts About Peco:
- 8th largest poultry producer in the U.S.
- Fully integrated grower, processor, and marketer
- Corporate Office: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Family owned for 4 generations
- In business for 80 years

- Processing Plants:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Bay Springs, Mississippi
- Sebastopol, Mississippi
- Canton, Mississippi
- Batesville, Arkansas
- Pocahontas, Arkansas
- Live Operations Offices:
- Gordo, Alabama
- Bay Springs, Mississippi
- Sebastopol, Mississippi
- Philadelphia, Mississippi
- Batesville, Arkansas
- Pocahontas, Arkansas
- Feed Mills:
- Gordo, Alabama
- Bay Springs, Mississippi
- Lake, Mississippi
- Philadelphia, Mississippi
- Newark, Arkansas
- Corning, Arkansas
- Hatcheries:
- Gordo, Alabama
- Sebastopol, Mississippi
- Philadelphia, Mississippi
- Batesville, Arkansas
- Pocahontas, Arkansas