Job Overview
The Leaky Teat Dairy and Creamery, a start-up small-scale goat dairy, is looking for a Part-Time Goat Dairy Hand, where you will play a vital role in maintaining a healthy, productive, and humane goat dairy operation. This hands-on position offers experience in animal husbandry, milking practices, and various aspects of farm management. You will work outdoors and in barns supporting the daily care of our dairy goats. If you are passionate about sustainable ranching and ethical animal care, this is your chance to contribute to a local family-owned business while developing valuable skills.
Duties
- Assist with daily goat herd management, including feeding, watering, and health monitoring to promote animal well-being
- Handle livestock with care, ensuring safe and humane treatment during routine procedures and movement
- Operate ranch machinery such as skid steers to perform duties such as moving compost
- Support herd health programs by assisting with vaccinations, hoof trimming, and other veterinary tasks under owner supervision
- Maintain cleanliness of animal housing areas, ensuring compliance with safety standards in production
- Help with manual handling tasks such as lifting feed bags or hay bales
- Perform daily milking on 20-40 milking does by machine (and by hand, if necessary) while adhering to proper sanitary milking protocol
Requirements
- Previous experience working with dairy goats and milking is highly preferred
- Familiarity with livestock handling, animal husbandry practices, and farm animal care procedures
- Ability to operate a skid steer
- Comfortable working outdoors in varying weather conditions with physical activity including heavy lifting and manual handling
- Strong understanding of safety standards in agricultural production environments
Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
