Animal Care Specialist

Job Description

• Feed all birds in the houses, both in the grower area and brooder area

• Check all cages for mortality and operation of watering nipples

• Sweep the work areas, run litter belts when needed, and clean drop pans every other day

• Help with movement of birds, from hatchers to brooder cages, from brooder cages to grower cages, and from grower cages out to other destinations

• Check and turn eggs in the egg building, record temperatures and humidity and be sure they are in range.

• Check the high and low temperatures in the brooder room, and grower room and record

• Keep up with paperwork on incubator machines, activities in grower and brooder room

• Check on the incubator and hatching machines and wash and disinfect when needed

• Candle and transfer eggs from the incubators to hatching machines when needed

• Change out boot dips when needed

• Arm and disarm security systems when needed

• Report any problems to supervisors

• Follow showering and bio-security practices to prevent contaminations in the houses

• Help with power washing and disinfecting hatching trays, incubator flats, and brooder cages

• Help with movement of feed and supplies on the farm

Hours:

• Monday and Tuesday- 3:00 am until done

• All other days- 5:00 am until done

Qualifications

Hours:

• Monday and Tuesday- 3:00 am until done

• All other days- 5:00 am until done

Additional Information

Best Regards,

Sneha Shrivastava

973-967-3348