A professional who manages poultry hatchery. Responsibilities include:

• Plans, develops, and implements policies and practices for operation of hatchery to ensure attainment of goals and profitable operation.
• Arranges with farmers to supply eggs or obtains eggs from company owned flocks.
• Directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, hatchery activities, such as hatching of eggs, sorting, vaccinating and shipping of chicks, and maintenance of facilities and equipment.
• Prepares hatching schedules for variety of chicks considering such factors as customer orders, market forecasts, and hatchery facilities and equipment.
• Arranges for sale of chicks to farmers or commercial growers.
• Interprets hatchery records and genetic data on chicks and advises customers regarding breeding, brooding, feeding, and sanitation practices to follow for various species of poultry.
• Arranges for purchases of equipment and supplies, such as brooders, incubators, feeds, and medicines.
• Prepares reports on hatchery activities, such as chick production and sales and reports required by regulatory bodies.
• May be designated by species of poultry hatched as Manager, Chicken Hatchery; Manager, Duck Hatchery; Manager, Turkey Hatchery.