Animal Breeders
Employer: Rooker Training Stable, Inc.
Location: Fenton, MI
Workers needed: 3
Pay: $22.50/hour
Season: Jan 2, 2027 – Oct 31, 2027
Experience: 1 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Job duties for Rooker Training Stable's breeding operations include the breeding, foaling, weaning, caring, and raising of the breeding stock. January through April job duties focus on breeding and foaling seasons. Work then transitions to caring for foals, monitoring mares that were bred, and handling the foals. After the summer, work moves to the weaning process, where mares and foals are separated. The weaning process is completed at the end of October, which completes the busy season of the breeding operations.
Workers will assist in the breeding and raising of horses at stable with approximately 75 horses in the breeding/young horses. Assist in breeding operations: caring for mares, including monitoring health of mares through all stages of pregnancy, monitoring for breeding readiness, monitoring for signs of pregnancy, administering medicine as instructed, and birthing mares; handling and transporting breeding stock to local breeding clinics for insemination as needed; assisting veterinarian during breeding and foaling processes, including insemination of mares, pregnancy checks, ultrasounds, emergency health situations, and administering vaccinations and medications; exercising and caring for stallions to maintain conditioning and breeding readiness; and collecting and shipping semen, with supervision from management. Assist in raising young stock: caring for foals; handling young stock for initial handling, including halter breaking, and leading; and weaning mares and foals at appropriate intervals. Assist in general care for breeding/young stock: monitoring and maintaining adequate feed and water levels for breeding/young stock housed inside and outside; daily monitoring of general health of all breeding/young stock; assisting farrier with handling breeding/young stock for routine farrier work; maintain and repair stable grounds used for breeding/young stock.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries and/or other incidentals.
If free and convenient kitchen facilities become unavailable for any reason, the employer will provide three (3) meals a day for which it will charge individual workers, by payroll deduction, no more than the daily permitted amount as provided in 20 CFR 655.173, which was $16.78 as of April 7, 2026, and which may be increased during the period of this employment.
Transport: Employer will either arrange for inbound and outbound transportation via a charter bus service for the worker, or if the worker prefers to arrange their own transportation, Employer will reimburse the worker at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved as well as for the related daily subsistence costs while the worker is traveling. Please see Work Term 1 of 12 for more detailed Inbound/Outbound Transportation arrangements.
Experience wanted: 1 months
1 verifiable month as Animal Breeder experience required. Applicants must furnish job references from recent employers within the past 3 years establishing acceptable prior experience. Other duties assigned under this order will be consistent with Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Standard Occupational Classification Code 45-2021 Animal Breeders. Season Commitment: Job offered requires worker be available for and worker agrees to work every day that work is available for entire employment period. Worker must be able to perform job description duties in safe manner consistent with established safety procedures Work may be scheduled in temperatures as low as 15 degrees F and up to 105 degrees F. Worker should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions. Employer conducts and worker must attend orientation on workplace rules, policies and safety information. Employer provides and worker must comply with instructions and general supervision.
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