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poultry farmer
A professional who raises poultry to produce eggs and meat. Respnsibilities include:
- Selects and purchases poultry stock.
- Feeds and waters poultry.
- Cleans and disinfects poultry houses, cages, and nests.
- Places vaccines in drinking water, injects vaccines into poultry, or dusts air with vaccine powder to vaccinate poultry against diseases.
- Inspects and disposes of or segregates infected poultry.
- Collects, inspects, and packs eggs and selects and crates pullets and fryers for shipment.
- Maintains growth, feed, and production records.
- Arranges with wholesalers for sale of poultry and eggs.
- May hire and supervise workers.
- May incubate fertile eggs.
- May be designated according to kind of poultry raised as Duck Farmer; Poultry Farmer, Egg; Poultry Farmer, Meat; Turkey Farmer.
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- Category: Occupational titles
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