Jobs I never knew existed: Chicken Catcher. Chicken farms have humans who catch the chickens and bring them in for slaughter. Now Perdue is trying out an automated machine to fetch the birds. It’s a modified John Deere riding mower. “On the front of the mower is a rolling barrel with foot-long wiggly rubber fingers.” And, surprisingly, the machine method reduces bruising by 14%, which means more saleable product. Sounds like the chicken catchers, who are trying to unionize, are going to be a dying breed soon.