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Hatchery Worker

Hoover's Hatchery MO, LLC
Mount Vernon, MISSOURI

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Source last checked: 11/11/2026

Job summary

Livestock and animal-care worker

Pay: $18.71 / 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: $18.71 / hour
Positions offered: 6 positions
Schedule: Full time
Contract start: 1/9/2027
Contract end: 9/22/2027
Visa type: H-2A
Address: 11299 Lawrence 1163
ZIP code: 65712
Hours per week: 40

Additional pay information

$17.39/hr (wage offered to H2A workers only)

Duties and description

Original English description

SOC 45-2093: 100% of work performed. Employees will work in a chicken hatchery production facility that incubates chicken eggs, hatches chicks, separates chicks by sex, packages customer chick orders, and ships chicks to customers. Work begins with receiving eggs and moving them through the hatchery process by placing eggs on trays, loading trays into incubators, transferring eggs from incubators to hatchers, and loading chicks into separator equipment for sex sorting by examining feathers and colors of chicks to segregate chicks according to sex. Employees will assist in all areas of the hatchery and farms, including toe, wing, and beak clipping, vaccinating, receiving, loading, and unloading eggs and chicks in the hatchery, at farms, and at shipping locations, and driving to farms and shipping locations using vans to support movement of eggs and chicks. They will also fill customer orders, package chicks for shipment, dump product waste, clean and sanitize the facility and equipment, and perform all other duties as assigned. 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-300-26299-321511
Case status: Acceptance issued

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