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Idaho Department of Labor Winter Ranchhand in Bancroft, Idaho
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Perform any combination of the following tasks required in general ranch work and the\ production of livestock through winter months: apply medications to cuts and bruises; assist in the\ maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; break ice\ over frozen water sources; clean and disinfect livestock corrals, pens and handling facilities;\ examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; feed and water and ensure adequate\ provision of both; feed cake and mineral to cattle in pastures; lift and stack bales of hay and\ sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; load bales of hay and/or sacks of grain\ onto truck or trailer used for feeding; maintain/clean and fill water troughs and buckets; make\ certain animals have access to fresh water; mix and feed specific feed rations to cattle; repair\ and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; use\ proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death; apply medications to cuts\ and bruises; loading/unloading trucks; maintenance of farm structures and farm grounds;\ removal of excess plant growth from farm grounds