Well to be honest, I would find the lack of work troubling myself. A job at a fast food joint will bring some money in the house while you're looking for a "better" job. When my husband got out of the Navy, we had the opposite problem. He was eligible for six months of unemployment, we would have actually been making MORE money if he would have taken it because we wouldn't have to pay for day care. But instead he took the very first job he was offered.

I don't know what he did on the ranch, but has he thought of contacting local large animal vets to see if they need any help?