Well, I think I have done every job on the "herd team" and "young stock team" now! This past week I was able to work a couple days in the baby barns where they raise the calves from birth to around 2 weeks of age. All bottle feeding in individual stalls; right now there are a little over 200 calves with around 20 calves being born each day! Then they get moved to the auto-feeder barns until they are weaned. After that they are moved to the weaner barns until they are about 6 months old when the bull calves get sold and the heifers are moved to paddocks. Working in the paddocks is quite fun since rounding up the heifers is done on dirt bikes! Though trying to catch one individual heifer with just a "ute" (the Australian term for a pickup truck), a dirt bike, and broken fences is not so fun. There the heifers are bred and moved back onto the dairy into the dry cow pens, and the cycle starts all over again in maternity!
So that is the story of the young stock team; herd team covers maternity, hoof trimming, sheds (moving animals around), health, and repro. It's enough to keep you busy!