Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
· Prepare houses for bird placement by installing metal & wire partitions to form accurate sized pens for bird placement as instructed, setup feed system, and safely operate truck/trailer to transfer birds from FCR to Growout and place in assigned pens (15%)
· Provide daily care of flock by properly calculating and recording feed amounts using calculator to determine # of pounds per pen, using hopper scale to weigh proper # of pounds per pen, distributing feed into feed hoppers by carrying buckets, monitoring flock for signs of injury/illness/slow growth and placing in recovery pen or euthanizing according to animal welfare policy, and collecting, recording wing band, and disposing of flock mortality, and administer and record medications via the water system as directed by management (30%)
· Maintains flock environment by flushing water lines weekly by turning flush valve, maintaining pen bedding to animal welfare standards, using handheld electric blower to clear dust from equipment (fans, inlets, etc.) once a week, and verifying feed/water/environmental control systems working properly and report any issues for correction (15%)
· Collect data regarding bird growth and development by analyzing fleshing (breast size) and sorting as needed, using digital scales to obtain average weight of each pen by weighing 60 females/30 males weekly, collecting weekly lab samples by using boot swabs for environment and cleft pallet swabs for birds, and assisting with euthanasia of birds designated by FCR out list as instructed by manager (30%)
Other duties, responsibilities, and activities:
· Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice. Such as: maintain vehicle by checking fluid levels, filters, tire pressure, and clean/disinfect to remove debris, operate a high pressure and regular water hose, maintains foot pans and hand sanitizer, maintains a clean and organized work/break area. (10%)