Winter Range Livestock Herder

Winter Range Livestock Herder
Location: 2626 Hamilton Lane Carrizo Springs, TX 78834 United States
Pay: $2132.41 per month
Visa required: H-2A
From Feb 1, 2027 to Mar 31, 2027

Job 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 production of livestock. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock on the range during the winter season: 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); break ice over frozen water sources; detect direction from which the wind or prevailing storms are coming to keep livestock gathered and safe; detect through winter tracking methods where other rancher(s)' livestock has been to avoid ov