Range Livestock Herder - Livestock Parturition

Work description

Required to be available up to 24 hours per day, 7 days a week and spend the majority of workdays on the range. All job duties are closely and directly related to the range production of livestock through the parturition season of the production cycle. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend livestock on the range: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant animals using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for livestock; assist with supplemental feeding (when weather or quality of forage precludes use of range forage); attend animals in barns during kidding/lambing season; attend livestock on the range during calving season; attend to pregnant livestock and newborn offspring (including night checks); care for newly born offspring; detect direction from which the wind or prevailing storms are coming to keep livestock gathered and safe; ensure newly born offspring stand and nurse; identify livestock that are preparing to give birth; intensely monitor and treat both mother and young vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; keep accurate record of new offspring born; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; make certain animals have access to fresh water; monitor for birthing problems and take correct actions when problems are identified; monitor young for diseases, thrift and weight gain; move pregnant livestock at a pace sufficient to ensure they receive ample water/forage during daylight hours before bedding down at night; report to employer dehydration & other indicators of deterioration in animal body condition/behavioral changes indicating malnutrition or disease Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend livestock at the ranch periodically: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant animals using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for livestock; attend animals in barns during kidding/lambing season; attend to pregnant livestock and newborn offspring (including night checks); care for newly born offspring; ensure newly born offspring stand and nurse; identify livestock that are preparing to give birth; intensely monitor and treat both mother and young vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; keep accurate record of new offspring born; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; make certain animals have access to fresh water; monitor for birthing problems and take correct actions when problems are identified; monitor young for diseases, thrift and weight gain; report to employer dehydration & other indicators of deterioration in animal body condition/behavioral changes indicating malnutrition or disease