Animal Breeder

POSITION DUTIES: JSMM Farms Partnershipis looking to filltwo (2) Animal Breeder

positions in Albion, NE. Travel to additional nearby employer locationsmay be required from time to time. 

Job duties:

Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, and yards.

Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animalsto induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.

Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtaintreatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.

Purchase and stock supplies of feed and medicines.

Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according toknowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspringcharacteristics.

Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.

Build pens and fenced yards.

Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.

Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification.

Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccinepowder to protect animals from diseases.

Bathe and groom animals.

Exercise animals to keep them in healthy condition.

Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required foranimals' health and safety.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Twenty-four (24) months of experience in anagricultural-related position.

ADDRESS OF EMPLOYMENT: 2609 190th Street, Albion, NE 68620 (Travel to additional nearby employer locations may be required from time to time.)