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H-2A

Hatchery Worker - Vent Sexor

  • Hoover's Hatchery NM LLC
  • Portales, NEW MEXICO

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Source last checked: 11/3/2026

Job summary

Livestock and animal-care worker

Pay
$19.00 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
1/9/2027 to 9/22/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 3 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$19.00 / hour
Positions offered
5 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
1/9/2027
Contract end
9/22/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
2301 W 18th St
ZIP code
88130
Hours per week
40

Additional pay information

$19.00/hr (wage offered to H2A workers only)

Duties and description

Original English description
  • Employees in SOC 45-2093 perform all work in a chicken hatchery production facility centered on incubating chicken eggs, hatching chicks, separating chicks by sex, packaging customer chick orders, and shipping chicks to customers. The work begins with receiving eggs and chicks at the hatchery, farms, and shipping locations, including loading and unloading eggs and chicks and, when needed, driving to farms and shipping locations using vans. Eggs are placed on trays, loaded into incubators, transferred from incubators to hatchers, and managed through the hatchery process until chicks emerge. After hatching, employees examine chick genitalia, feathers, and/or colors to determine sex by picking up chicks, squeezing chicks so that feces are extracted, shining light or turning back the cloacal opening to view and observe the sex of the chick, and segregating chicks according to sex; they also examine feathers and colors of chicks to segregate chicks according to sex. They assist in all areas of the hatchery and farms, including toe/wing/beak clipping, vaccinating, loading chicks into separator, filling customer chick orders, dumping product waste, and cleaning and sanitizing the facility and equipment. They also perform all other duties as assigned in support of the hatchery and shipping workflow for chickens. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.

Requirements and occupation

Education
No minimum education required
Occupation
Livestock and animal-care worker
Experience required
Yes
Minimum experience
3 months of experience

Job requires extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements, and a 75 lb lifting requirement. Must possess a valid, standard, non-commercial driver's license (e.g., Class C, D, R, E, F or 3 depending on state). Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Employee must have 3 months of verifiable experience.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26299-321510
Case status
Acceptance issued

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