Experienced lamber looking for weekend lambing work January - April 2023.
MSc, BSc
Mainly Livestock
12 GCSEs, 3 A Levels, BSc, MSc
Full Car Licence
Tractor, Ploughing, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Lambing
Driving license - own car, and experience driving ATVs.
Experience operating telehandlers, dumpers and mini-diggers for agriculture and construction.
Tractor driving: wheat carting, ploughing and rolling
Powertools (grinders, circular saws, mixers etc.)
Sheep: six weeks lambing on an Estate in the Lake District (5000 sheep indoors) April to mid-May 2018; managed a shed of 1000 sheep. Additional lambing experience: one month of lambing in March 2017 on a farm in Worcestershire. I'm confident to lamb alone - delivering lambs including difficult births, lamb/ewe care, feeding, bedding and moving livestock. I have a good understanding of how to manage a lambing shed well to minimise lamb deaths and keep a high level of hygiene. Other general sheep experience: five months working for a contractor in Australia: mustering on ATVs and using dogs, de-horning, lamb marking, drafting, drenching and branding.
Dairy: Two months in New Zealand, mustering on quadbike and using dogs, milking, maintaining milking shed hygiene, cattle health-checking and treating mastitis, injuries etc. Beef cattle: one week in Australia, mustering on quadbike, drafting, branding, castrating and de-horning calves.
Male
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30
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British-English
Bristol
English
Yes
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Exercise, guitar, reading, time with friends. I like to travel when I can.
5 ft 10 and 75kg
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Born and raised in rural Somerset, and have been interested in and enjoyed farming from an early age. I have worked on livestock and arable farms in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, with two lambing seasons. I work full-time in forest conservation now, but I love lambing so I'm hoping to secure weekend work this season.
Start: 03/01/2023 Finish: Not Specified
South West
Seasonal
Within 1 hours drive of Bristol would be ideal, but can be longer if accommodation is available over the weekend.