Lambing assistant

March 2020- April 2021

During my time here I worked very individually, I was tasked with lambing unassisted for the most part of it.I swept out and disinfected pens after each ewe was turned out.I had to decide which lambs I though were ready to be turned out and which lambs and ewes would need more attention.I was responsible for bottle and tube feeding pet lambs and feeding hungry lambs that struggled to get milk.I performed health checks on both the lambs and ewes and administer medication where needed. While doing this I castrated and tailed the lambs.Ive also done tagging, injecting and clipping.

I have performed health checks of both tups and ewes pre-mating season to ensure they were fit enough for breeding.

Northumberland

Stamfordham 

April 2019-December 2019

When I worked on the estate I was responsible for maintaining the gardens.This involved grass cutting and strimming.The estate also ran a flock of 450 sheep, I assisted with dosing, vaccinating, feeding and the process of scanning.I worked within a small team of workers and sometimes individually depending on the task in hand.

Kirkley hall college

Ponteland,Northumberland

September 2019-July 2020

At college, I gained experience working with beef cattle. However I have a true passion to work in the dairy industry. I just havent found any opening for opportunity.At the college they ran a single suckler herd of around 70 head of beef cattle which the majority were Aberdeen Angus.. I learned to administer boluses, inject and dose cattle and work out correct dosages to apply.I also learned how to condition score stock.

3 month placement on dairy farm

During my placement I was responsible for re-bedding the cows. For this I would scrape out all of the cubicles and then replace with fresh sawdust. I would milk the cows, making sure to clean the udders properly, hand milk to let the milk down and then apply the clusters.

I also fed the calves those that were weaned and the ones that were still having milk