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Hall's Calf Ranch Ranch Hand in Gladwin, Michigan
The year 1995 marked the beginning of J Hall's career as a custom calf raiser in Kewaunee. He started with 13 rented hutches and one super hutch in his backyard, raising calves for the nearby dairy where he was employed. By 2007, the ranch housed 2,500 animals with 15 employees. That growth hasn't stopped. Today, J and his wife, Marlene, care for approximately 8,500 animals with 45 full-time employees and various part-time positions. In 2017, they opened a location for 1,000 calves in Gladwin, MI. Hall's Calf Ranch works with various agencies and organizations to stay vigilant and proactive with environmentally friendly practices. Hall's strives to exceed industry standards in calf care.
Responsibilities:
- Feed calves milk, water, and grain in the morning and evening
- Wash buckets that are dirty
- Clean barns (remove wires, gates and hutches)
- Remove manure from barns and resetting them for incoming calves (putting back hutches, wires and gates)
- Place straw in clean hutches
- Move calves from hutches when they are ready to leave the ranch
- Unload incoming calves into new hutches
- Operate heavy equipment which includes skid steer, tractor, chopper, grain cart, Kubota.
This is a full time position. Willing to train, but knowledge is a plus!