Range Herder - Lambing Season

Updated: March 02, 2024 04:13 PM GMT

Temp work Job in Esparto, California

Nissen Ranch

Esparto, CA

Required to be available 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 production of sheep through the lambing season.
Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to sheep on the range: administer medication as needed; assist in the shearing of sheep by herding sheep into corrals and through the shearing plant; assist with docking; assist with gathering and sorting lambs for shipping; assist with loading trucks with lambs and/or ewes for transportation; assist with supplemental feeding (when weather or quality of forage precludes use of range forage); assist with tagging sheep when the shearing crew needs it; attend to lambing ewes (including night checks); attend to pregnant ewes in cold winter temperatures; brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes; build and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage... More Detail