LAMBER

Ian And Margaret Anderson Partnership, Dba E.A. Anderson & Son, LLC; Birds Landing (CA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

H2ajobs is recruiting for seasonal shepherding duties focused on ewes and newborn lambs on pasture. Responsibilities include moving pregnant ewes to lambing grounds, monitoring labor, assisting births, grafting orphan lambs, and maintaining animal health with water, feed and basic herd care.

Jobs require 3 months' experience and at least one reference; duties also cover branding, tagging, vaccination, worming, and safe handling of lambs, with tractor work as needed.

Qualifications

• At least 3 months of experience birthing sheep with 200+ head on pasture.
• One reference required.
• Experience with lambing, docking and shearing is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Move pregnant ewes to lambing grounds as seasonal duties.
• Identify signs of labor and potential problems during birth.
• Assist during difficult births and constrain ewes as needed.
• Graft orphan lambs to mothers when required.
• Identify herd health issues including malnutrition, prolapse and mastitis.
• Provide water and maintain troughs and water lines.
• Haul water by truck to supplement animal needs if necessary.
• Provide supplemental feed for ewes and lambs.
• Disperse sheep to reduce overcrowding and aid bonding.
• Protect lambs and ewes in labor from predators.
• Move ewes and lambs to pasture and assist in branding, castration, vaccination, tagging and worming.
• Safely catch lambs with a hook and move them as directed.
• Move ewes and lambs to pasture; tractor driving may be required.

Skills

Sheep handling

Tractor driving

Livestock health monitoring

Job description

Workers must have at least 3 months of experience birthing sheep with herds of 200 head or larger on pasture. One reference required. May assist in lambing, docking, and shearing.

The following seasonal duties will need to be performed.

• Herder will need to move pregnant ewes to lambing grounds.
• Be able to identify signs of ewes going into labor and identify potential problems during the labor process.
• Know how and when to assist during difficult births.
• Be able to properly constrain ewes for difficult births and able to graft orphan lambs to mothers.
• Ability to identify herd health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of ewes and lambs, prolapse and mastitis.
• Provide water to animals, including minor maintenance of water troughs and water lines.
• May need to haul water in truck to supplement animal water needs.
• May need to provide supplement feed for the ewes and lambs.
• Disperse sheep on pasture to reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and lamb bonding.
• Protect vulnerable lambs & ewes in labor from predators.
• Move Ewes and lambs and assist in branding, castrating, vaccinating, tagging, and worming.
• Ability to safely catch lambs with a hook.
• Move ewes and lambs to pasture.
• Need skills in tractor driving.
• May need to provide supplemental feed for ewes and lambs

Housing:

Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals:

Meals: Housing contains free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities that will enable the workers to prepare their own meals. The employer will provide transportation to the grocery stores at no charge to the worker . The employer will furnish a vehicle to the employee covered by this job order, for the employees own use to travel to and from the grocery store to purchase his or her own food. A drivers license is not required for the position; if the employee has a valid drivers license, he or she can drive themselves to the store. Such driving is not part of the employees work and will occur exclusively for their personal benefit and during their off-hours, at their sole discretion and not at the direction of the employer or for the benefit of the employer or any other employees. If the employee does not have a valid drivers license, the employer will transport them to the store, free of charge.

Transport:

Transportation from point of recruitment to worksite and from the worksite back to the point of recruitment will be arranged and provided by Employer. Employer will reimburse worker for subsistence costs during travel to worksite no later than the end of the first pay period upon presentation of receipts and from the worksite at the end of the job based on rates established in the applicable regulations.

Experience wanted:

3 months

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