Earning nearly 60 million dong/month, most need bright eyes, fast hands, once depicted in Oscar-winning movies
The profession makes money, but few people do it
In the poultry industry, sexism plays a role in helping control and exact sales with the purpose of each customer. For example, where chickens are raised for eggs, it is clear that the hens must be kept and the cocks removed; on the contrary, where the meat is specialized, the ratio of cocks / roofs is divided differently.
Sorting chicks by sex depends on the purpose of each farm. But the irony is that, looking at the egg, I don’t know what will hatch. So, waiting for the chickens to finish incubating, there will be experts who look at the chickens to know the sex and divide according to the requirements of each farm. Illustration: Internet.
But looking at the eggs, it is impossible to know the sex of the chicken. So the world gave birth to a profession called sex determination of chickens by looking at chickens. This method was invented in 1933 by the Japanese, the invention shocked the poultry industry in Japan and made the country a leading country in livestock production. Although there are many ways to do this through the wing feathers, the color of the feathers on the back of the chicken, determining through this vital hole still gives the most accurate results.
In the UK, each year, workers in this profession receive an average salary of about 40,000 pounds, equivalent to 1.3 billion dong. In Korea, sex screening of chicks also gives a good income, with nearly 70 million KRW/year (more than 1.3 billion VND). These professionals can sort an average of 10,000 chicks per day. In 1 hour, you have to sort over 700 chickens, so it requires a lot of physical strength and concentration. Meanwhile, in the US, this job also always needs people to do. Each person doing the job will be paid up to $32,000/year (approximately 800 million/year) to check the sex of chickens every day, the more you work, the higher the salary.
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This profession was portrayed in the movie “Minari”. This super product follows the success of the movie Parasite of the land of kimchi from the previous year to receive 6 nominations and win the “Best Foreign Language Film” award of the Golden Globe Oscar 2021. In the movie, with the “American dream” cherished in their hearts, the Korean main character couple who settled in the US worked day and night to rely on this “chicken sex screening” job to get closer to their dream. can get rich, build their own farm in the land of flags.
The austerities of chicken sex workers have also been portrayed in the Oscar-winning film – Minari.
Currently in Vietnam, although this profession has appeared, few people know about it, especially because few people can afford to choose chickens by looking through the hole. Therefore, despite the high demand, the income is very good, but this industry is still seriously lacking “personnel”.
Behind the high salary is sweat, effort and sleepless nights
“The simplest distinction is based on the chicken’s cloaca. The male will have mating spikes, which is a round, shiny, red nodule, and the hens will not“, Ms. Nguyen Thi Dung (33 years old, from Duc Giang commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi), who has been involved in the profession of chicken cloning for more than 10 years, shared on VnExpress on how to perform sex screening of chickens. .
In order to accurately determine the sex, Ms. Dung must follow the procedure: pick up a chicken, squeeze poop with one hand and examine the anal hole under the light for about 2 seconds, then quickly drop it in. basket of the right sex. Continuously like that, quickly and quickly, it only took about 1 hour for her to finish sorting 1200 animals, each session could make 4000 animals, earning from 60-100 million VND/month. But in the season when chickens hatch a lot, people who do this job have to work at full capacity regardless of day and night, and can even receive 5 million VND per day.
In order to be sexed, the first requirement is that the chicks hatch after a few hours and have not been fed. Illustration: Internet.
The workspace of a chicken sexologist. Illustration: Internet.
Although sex discrimination of chickens through the cloaca brings high income, very few people stick to this profession. Ms. Dung said that there are only a few people in her village who can follow the profession because not everyone has the ability to “see” the sex of the chicken, even squeezing the chicken the wrong way can even kill the chicken.
Many newbies have to ask for the experience of their predecessors, and even learn through Korean and Chinese videos to find out how to do it right for them in about 3-6 months. Some people even put in effort and the tuition fee is up to about 30-40 million VND/course to learn this lucrative career. Many people who work in livestock-related jobs also need these knowledge and skills, so they also attend “cockroach screening” courses.
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An apprentice shared about his arduous learning process to become a skilled cockroach: “There are golden times for anal ostomy. For example, after 2-3 hours of hatching, the chicken must be examined immediately, because if the anus of the chicken is dry, the distinguishing signs will be more difficult, time consuming and need more experience to distinguish them. After learning, you will see why this profession is highly paid, but thirsty for people. But not everyone who completes their studies can become proficient in the profession. To be able to distinguish between a rooster and a hen, it is necessary to have the experience and sensitivity of each person. There are people who have finished their studies and then quit their jobs because the accuracy is not high in determining the sex of chickens“.
Just like that, the working environment always hears the buzzing from the incubator, the hot space, the stench of chicken manure, the strong fishy smell of newly hatched chicks, especially in the sweltering summer months. That “heavenly” salary still makes many people falter. Photo: Internet.
“This job is very hard, having to sit in one position for 10 hours on peak days, both back pain and eyestrain. The incubator always has a high temperature, then dust from chicken feathers, bad smell from chicken manure, especially requires very sharp eyes and quick hands, so many people can’t stand the job.“, Ms. Men – another chicken sexologist said on Nhip Sinh Viet.
Every effort is always well rewarded. After many years of working and continuously learning, now Ms. Dung not only works for the family farm but also expands and works for 3 other chicken farms in Dong Anh, Bac Tu Liem and Bac Ninh. Every 4 days a camp is released, so she hardly has a day off. At the same time, she also gave vocational training to several dozen students to increase her income. “I only accept people between the ages of 18-28, to make sure they are agile and sharp. People with myopia cannot do this job“, she said on VnExpress. Her village, which has long been attached to farming and animal husbandry, now her family suddenly prospered thanks to this “strange profession”.
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