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We are a large working cattle ranch in Manitoba Canada. We spend our days working cattle, horses and putting up feed for the coming winter.
We raise all our own feeds for livestock and spend the summer putting up hay, fixing fence, and checking pastures on horse back or moving cattle herds.
We also will find time to see other events in the area and let you experience what the area has to offer.
This is what we will be doing over the spring/summer/fall seasons:
May/June - Calving cows and moving to summer pastures, sorting pairs on horse back, processing and loading on trailers to be moved out. Seeding crops of Canola, Wheat and Barley.
Last week of June- attend a large Country Music Festival
July/Aug - Make hay and haul in, check pastures for sick animals and move cattle herds on to new grass.
Sept/Oct - Harvest crops, move cattle herds on to new grass
Oct/Nov- Bring cattle herds back from summer pastures to winter grounds at the home yard.
If you want to experience something new happening every day, this is the place, you will not get bored as everything is living and is changing as the seasons change. You will need a lot of energy to keep up with us, but it will be worth the experience.
We also have a spot for a guy that loves to run a chainsaw, as we have some fence lines that need trees removed from them.
We also will not take couples, as one will love what we do here on the Ranch and the other will not, and the result will be that we lose both if they need to move on.Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will learn skills on horse back that you will not get anywhere else, like learning to sort pairs, bring cattle out of pasture to be treated and riding a reining horse that loves to work with cattle. Learn what it means to grow your own healthy food.
Projects involving children
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Help
You need to have a good work ethic as our motto is volunteer and play hard!! We will not ask you to do anything that we would not do ourselves. Feed chickens, join us with our daily tasks. Ride our horses anytime, and help with cattle. Our days are full of experiences of ranch life. The girls will be required to help Carla with cooking and cleaning up after a meal, the guys will be working with Randy and doing big machinery work and fencing with a power saw.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
We have just renovated the loft of our hip roofed barn, the real feeling of being a ranch hand, except the beds are soft. Meals will be at the main house.
What else ...
Will provide a vehicle that they can use locally to visit the sites and friends that they will make.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours per day 5 days a week
Feedback (16)
Carla and Randy were always really welcoming and took us with them to understand the different parts of the ranch. We saw how much work they put into their business&home. We learned a lot about herd movement and how to move cows riding our horses. We each had one… read more
The accommodation is great and you definitely won’t go hungry with Carla’s great cooking. Carla also… read more
First my plan was to stay for 1 month but after one week it was clear that i have to stay as long as i can (for 2 months). It was a realy great time. You also have to work hard but it was always fun for me. The farmers Randy and Carla are very communicative and… read more
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Carla and Randy were always really welcoming and took us with them to understand the different parts of the ranch. We saw how much work they put into their business&home. We learned a lot about herd movement and how to move cows riding our horses. We each had one… read more
The accommodation is great and you definitely won’t go hungry with Carla’s great cooking. Carla also… read more
First my plan was to stay for 1 month but after one week it was clear that i have to stay as long as i can (for 2 months). It was a realy great time. You also have to work hard but it was always fun for me. The farmers Randy and Carla are very communicative and… read more
On my first day, Carla picked me up from the bus station and we drove directly to a rodeo in Roblin. This rodeo would definitely not be my last one. We also went on a trip to Yorkton and Regina, where I was able to buy my cowboy boots, attend a… read more
I came to this ranch hoping to experience the real western cowboy lifestyle, and I… read more
You will help with the daily chores, like picking… read more
I spend 6 weeks on their ranch and participated in the different kinds of work on a Ranch. It is busy and every day somthing to do. And when you are not busy doing ranch work, you are busy because you are horse back riding, visiting Rodeos, going fishing or doing other nice things around this area.… read more
Altought it is quite remote (a few miles from the small community of Roblin, 1 bus /day from Winnipeg or Regina) it is worth discovering its endless and peaceful landscape. But the real treasure of that place is its owners. From the moment I met them, it felt good being around them. The… read more
I helped them around the house, in the garden, with the chickens and cleaned out the vans ;) There is always something to do at the ranch and sometimes it can be… read more