Interested in employment or internship opportunities here at Whimsy Brook Farm? See our application here.
Please call us today at (203) 938-3760 for more information or visit our full website for more detailed information.
We advertise on www.Yardandgroom.com, various university student employment centers, on our Whimsy Brook Farm FaceBook page, and in the FaceBook Group “CT Farm Need and Help Wanted.”
Veterinary Assistant: performs regular equine maintenance including health monitoring, mucking, bedding, watering, making up feed, feeding, blanketing and un-blanketing, turning out, bringing in, grooming, bathing, leg wrapping, tacking up, un-tacking, tack cleaning, laundry, tidying up.
Veterinary Technician/Barn Manager: performs all the tasks of Veterinary Assistant, plus grain ordering, oral and topical medication, IM and IV injections, first aid including polticing and standing wraps, lunging, individual medical chart keeping, clipping, mane and facial trimming, farrier scheduling, dentist scheduling, and worming. Administers alternative therapies such as PEMF and Class IV Laser, as well as Homeopathy. Also trains/supervises the Veterinary Assistants and keeps the team running efficiently and joyfully.
Trainer: teaches students, maintains student records, trains, lunges, and schools horses. Also helps with medication administration, first aid, alternative therapies, and barn tasks as needed. We have no princesses or princes at the Farm.
Pasture/Grounds Keeper: drags the arena, rakes the round-pen, plows snow, mows the grass, fixes fence, mows fields, fertilizes and limes fields, trims weeds, weeds and edges gardens, prunes fruit trees and bushes, does minor carpentry and repairs, paints, moves hay, helps with barn chores as needed.