Animal Caretaker

Animal Caretaker at SOUTHWEST CATTLE LLC in SUBLETTE, KS.

Workers will perform general dairy farm labor, including feeding and caring for calves, preparing milk and electrolytes, monitoring and treating sick animals, checking for signs of frostbite and cold stress, maintaining heat lamps, and providing adequate straw bedding. Duties also include cleaning and maintaining calf hutches, pens, and milking facilities; operating milking parlor equipment; sanitizing equipment; monitoring cow health; and recording treatments and abnormal milk.

The position will also involve seasonal farm maintenance, including removing snow and snowdrifts from hutches and roadways, protecting equipment from freezing temperatures, hauling bedding, cleaning muddy areas during spring thaw, pressure washing hutches and concrete pads, and preparing livestock housing, feed areas, machinery, and once spring and summer begin we need help checking ventilation systems for warmer summer weather.

Work begins December 14, 2026 and ends July 14, 2027.

Pay is $14.25 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 60 hours per week.