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Hatchery Worker - Maintenance

  • 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
$15.96 / 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
$15.96 / hour
Positions offered
2 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

$14.39/hr (wage offered to H2A workers only)

Duties and description

Original English description
  • In this chicken hatchery production facility, SOC 45-2093 represents 100% of the work performed, and employees carry out the full flow of hatchery operations from handling incoming chicken eggs through incubation, hatching, chick sexing, order preparation, and shipment to customers. Work begins with receiving eggs, placing them on trays, loading trays into incubators, and later transferring eggs from incubators to hatchers, while also receiving, loading, and unloading eggs and chicks at the hatchery, at farms, and at shipping locations. After chicks hatch, employees examine feathers and colors to segregate chicks according to sex, load chicks into the separator, and assist with toe, wing, and beak clipping and vaccinating as needed in the hatchery and on farms. They fill customer chick orders, package chicks for shipment, and load and unload chicks for transport, including driving to farms and shipping locations using vans as part of the movement of eggs and chicks between work sites. Throughout the operation, they also support maintenance duties across machinery, fleet, and facility, clean and sanitize equipment and work areas, dump product waste, and perform all other duties as assigned to keep hatchery and farm operations running efficiently. 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. Job requires extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements, and lifting up to 75 lbs.

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 lifting up to 75 lbs. 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-300-26299-321518
Case status
Acceptance issued

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