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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

3

Job Duties:

We have a chicken hatchery production facility. We incubate chicken eggs, hatch the chicks, separate the chicks by gender, package customer chick orders, and ship chicks to customers. Employees will examine chick genitalia, feathers, and/or colors to determine their sex, including picking up chicks, squeezing chicks so that feces are extracted, shining light or turning back cloacal opening to view and observe the sex of the chick, as well as segregate chicks according to sex. Employees will also examine feathers and colors of chicks to segregate chicks according to sex. Employees will assist in all areas of the hatchery and farms, including but not limited to: toe/wing/beak clipping, vaccinating, loading chicks into separator, receiving, loading, and unloading eggs and chicks in the hatchery, at farms, and at shipping locations, driving to farms and shipping locations using vans and/or loading and unloading eggs and chicks, placing eggs on trays, loading trays into incubators, transferring eggs from incubators to hatchers, dumping product waste, filling customer chick orders, cleaning and sanitizing the facility and equipment, and performing all other duties as assigned. Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employer's discretion. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.

Job Classification:

45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

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. Job requires extensive sitting, walking, repetitive movements, and frequent stooping or bending over. Must be able to lift and carry 75lbs for 75yds. Require 3 months experience and a regular driver's license.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Hoover's Hatchery NM LLC

Location:

Portales, NM 88130

Worksite

Address:

2301 W 18th St, Portales, NM 88130

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25307-357924

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

19.00/hr (H-2A)

Date Posted:

11/19/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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