Range Sheepherder

$2,132.41 Per Month Position range in Middle Rio Grande $1,667.00 - $2,718.00 Per Month Range Sheepherder (Suppressed)

Occupation:

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Location:

Brackettville, TX - 78832

Job Type:

Seasonal, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Rotating Shift

Posted:

06/16/2026 Positions available: 4

Source:

WorkInTexas

Web Site:

WorkInTexas Onsite /

Remote:

Work onsite all of the time

Updated:

06/16/2026

Expires:

09/30/2026

Agency Job ID:

175482 Job #: 17028402 Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Work Onsite Full Time Experience 3 Month(s) Schedule Full Time Job Type Seasonal Duration Permanent Employment Shift Rotating Shift Public Transit Available Help for .

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 Temporary work from:7/30/26 - 11/30/26. Must have 3 months experience with 800 to 1000 head flocks. One reference required. Attends sheep and/or goat flock grazing on range or pasture: Herds flock and rounds up strays using trained dogs. Attend to sheep grazing on the range to include: Herding sheep on the range or pasture while riding on ATVs or walking on foot. Erects and maintains electric fencing to keep sheep in targeted grazing areas and keeps sheep out of sensitive areas. Guards flock from predatory animals and oversees daily care of guardian dogs. Assess animals for signs of illness and administer vaccines, medications, and insecticides according to instructions from animal health professional. May perform mowing, mechanical and chemical control of undesirable vegetation that negatively affects livestock and/or improves the rangeland. Range herding is completed when vegetation has been grazed to the desired rate and warm season grasses enters winter dormancy. A range herder requires knowledge and maintenance of rangeland in order to avoid overgrazing of the range land and disappearance of desired vegetation. Monitoring the proper grazing actions of these animals helps to reduce fire fuel, increase soil fertility, and improve vegetation. Experienced employees hired for this type of position would need to have the knowledge of maintaining a herd on range so the animals don't disperse in large open areas, be able to promote proper grazing of rangeland, and predator control on the range. May assist in lambing, docking, and shearing. The following seasonal duties will need to be performed. Herder will need to move pregnant ewes to lambing grounds. Be able to identify signs of ewes going into labor and identify potential problems during the labor process. Know how and when to assist during difficult births. Be able to properly constrain ewes for difficult births and able to graft orphan lambs to mothers. Ability to identify herd health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of ewes and lambs, prolapse and mastitis. Provide water to animals, including minor maintenance of water troughs and water lines. May need to haul water in truck to supplement animal water needs. May need to provide supplemental feed for the ewes and lambs if the range has insufficient forage. Disperse livestock on the range to reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and lamb bonding. Protect vulnerable livestock (lambs & ewes in labor) from predators. Move Ewes and lambs and assist in branding, castrating, vaccinating, tagging, and worming. Ability to safely catch lambs with a hook. Move ewes and lambs to summer proper range grounds. Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 51% of work will be performed on the range. Western Range Association and its member ranches facilitate practices of good animal husbandry. Employees that are found abusing neglecting or abandoning animals entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions. The worker will live in the employer provided housing. Said housing will be clean and in good repair at the time it is provided to the employee. The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit in a reasonable level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or other vermin. The employee is responsible to alert the employer of damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time. The employee may be held accountable for damage to the housing unit that is the result of a dishonest or willful act or by the gross negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted). •Hours worked footnote: On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a week•