The responsibilities may be shared or divided among multiple Poultry Care Technicians. It is the responsibility of a Poultry Care Technician I to: - Maintain weekly flock records along with weekly visits to each assigned barn such that pertinent flock information can be gathered and relayed to Director of Poultry Health each week.
- Perform regular vaccine audits at each location on regular basis, perform any training refreshers to vaccination crew that may be needed
- May include participating in vaccinating process or mixing vaccine
- Monitoring and recording pox vaccine takes and other pertinent vaccine administration information
- Help coordinate receipt of sampling supplies (in conjunction with Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance)
- Prepare and distribute serology blood draw supplies, verify receipt, and lab submission
- Maintain serology results in developed database
- Coordinate Salmonella testing kit orders with the Cornell Animal Health Diagnostic Center Lab to ensure timely arrive for our needs
- Verify receipt, distribution, and submission of the required samples to the laboratory
- Weigh birds, draw blood, collect bursa, conduct SE tests, post birds and fill in as needed to ensure that all samples/tests are completed.
- Ensure that all regulatory paperwork is collected for each flock in a timely manner such that each flock record is always kept up to date and complete.
- Collect and update fly count records for assigned farm(s).
- Perform routine internal audits of assigned: layer and pullet houses, external facility, and feed mills.
- Help update and distribute monthly production sheets and all related paperwork associated with assigned tasks
- Feed targets
- Barn records
- Barn cleaning and water testing protocols
- New flock sheets and records
- Barn fill sheets and feed and light schedules
- Complete water monitoring SOPs at each location on a predetermined basis.
- Assist in the monitoring, recording, and reporting results for ongoing in-house trial work, including but not limited to:
- OPGs
- Enrichments
- Feather scores
- Ascarids
- Assist with layer and pullet house health and wellness:
- Posting birds
- F – check feed, feeders
- L – check lights, light readings, day length
- A – air quality (ammonia), ventilation, humidity
- W – water, water quality, water readings
- S – sanitation (overall cleanliness of house)
- Bird health, bird behavior, weights of birds, weights of eggs, ensuring that all paperwork is being done properly.
- Weekly flock records and analysis
- Training of caretakers (requirement of American Humane)
- Fill in for Poultry Care Attendants as needed.
- Participate in annual certification audits and the required paperwork for these audits as necessary.
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