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Chick Grader

DOT Code: 411.687-010

Industry: agriculture
Alternate Titles: poultry culler

Grades baby chicks according to appearance and separates healthy from deformed or diseased chicks: Examines baby chicks for curled toes, blindness, misshaped beaks, discolored downs, and abdominal rigidity. Examines chicks for symptoms of diseases, such as bronchitis and navel infection. Segregates healthy from diseased or deformed chicks. Places diseased chicks in incinerator. May press beak of chicks against hot wire to remove tip of beak. May pack chicks in cartons.

GOE: 03.04.01 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M2 L2 SVP: 2 DLU: 77