Select Genetics
Multiple Turkey Breeder Farm Positions
Wadesboro, NC - Full Time
🦃 NOW HIRING — Multiple Turkey Breeder Farm Positions (Wadesboro, NC)
Full-Time • Weekly Pay • Benefits • Stable Schedule
⭐ Job Snapshot — Key Details
- 📍 Locations: Wadesboro, North Carolina
- 💲 Starting Pay: $15.00 – $25.00/hour (varies by role)
- 🕒 Full-time positions with stable schedules (hours may vary)
- 💰 Weekly pay
- 🎁 Benefits package + paid holidays + PTO
- 🦃 Work inside turkey barns with live animals
- 🚿 Mandatory shower-in / shower-out (biosecurity)
- 🧤 Positions: Egg Pickers, Egg House Worker, Catchers, Inseminator, Milkers, Farm Managers
- 💪 Lifting: at least 45 lbs. (up to 70 lbs. for Milker role)
- 🔞 Must be 18+ and authorized to work in the U.S
- 🚗 Must have reliable transportation to and from work.
🦃 About the Job
We are hiring dependable, hard-working team members to support turkey breeder farm operations inside the Anson County area. These roles are essential to maintaining healthy birds and supporting the food supply chain.
Employees work directly with live turkeys inside controlled barn environments. Duties vary by position but include animal handling, production tasks, sanitation, and general farm work.
Because protecting flock health is critical, all farms follow strict biosecurity procedures, including required shower-in and shower-out before entering or leaving barns.
- Egg Picker
- Egg House Worker
- Catchers
- Catch and move birds safely as directed
- Fast-paced, team-oriented work
- Physically demanding
- Milkers (Breeder Production)
- Collect semen from breeder toms (training provided)
- Support breeding operations
- Requires attention to detail and physical strength
- Lift 70 lbs.
- Lay Farm Manager (Updated resumes are required along with 2+ years of management experience)
- Oversee daily operations focused on producing fertile eggs. Responsibilities include managing flock health, maintaining strict biosecurity, directing staff, and operating farm equipment.
- Flock Husbandry: Supervising the daily care and welfare and egg production of laying hens.
- Artificial Insemination: Because commercial turkeys are heavy-breasted, managers frequently oversee AI teams to ensure optimal egg fertility.
- Egg Handling & Sanitation: Implementing strict protocols to collect eggs multiple times a day, clean nests, and maintain proper cooling temperatures. This prevents microbial contamination and ensures high hatchability at the hatchery.
- Environmental Control: Monitoring barn temperature, lighting schedules, and ventilation systems to keep hens comfortable and encourage maximum egg yield.
- Biosecurity & Sanitation: Enforcing strict protocols to prevent disease. This includes disinfecting facilities, controlling pests, and requiring staff to avoid contact with backyard poultry.
- Staff & Resource Supervision: Scheduling/delegating daily workflow, monitoring feed inventories, and training farm workers/personnel.
- 🌾 Work Environment
- Inside agricultural barns with dust, feathers, odors, and noise
- Temperature varies by season
- Standing, bending, lifting, and repetitive tasks required
- Must be comfortable working around live animals
- 💲 Pay, Schedule & Bonuses (if applicable)
- Starting pay: $15.50–$25.00/hour depending on role/position
- Weekly pay
- Stable full-time schedules (hours may vary by production needs)
- Some roles may qualify for production bonuses
- Occasionally early mornings, weekends, or extended hours may be required
- 🎁 Benefits Package
Eligible employees receive:- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-Term Disability (STD)
- Long-Term Disability (LTD)
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid holidays
🚿 Biosecurity Requirements (Mandatory)
- To protect animal health, all employees must:
- Shower before entering barns
- Change into company-provided clothing
- Shower again when exiting
- Failure to follow biosecurity protocols is not permitted.
✅ Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Authorized to work in the United States
- Reliable attendance and strong work ethic
- Ability to perform physical labor
- Comfortable working with live animals
- Willing to follow strict biosecurity procedures
- Ability to lift 45+ lbs. (up to 70 lbs. for the Milker role)
- Agricultural or animal experience is helpful but not required — training is provided.
- 📩 Apply Today
Become part of a stable agricultural operation and contribute to Select Genetics, which strives to lead the way in the turkey industry as the preferred poult supplier.
