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Domestic Yaks Wild Yaks - Breeders
Domestic Yaks Wild Yaks - Economic Importance
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Fryer Yak Farm in Kooskia
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Domestic Yaks are much smaller than their wild correspondents because of crossbreeding. They are used as pack and saddle animals in the mountains where trucks aren't practical. Their milk, beef, and wool are very important. Yaks produce two types of hair. The outer coarse hair is used for ropes, rugs, and belts; the soft under hair is comparable to cashmere. Usually Yaks produce 2-3 pounds of fiber annually. Natives use dried dung of the Yak as the only obtainable fuel on the treeless plateaus.
Yak milk is a rich creamy color with a high fat content of 5-7%. It is usually processed into butter, cheese, or yogurt. As for Yak meat, it is tender, low in fat and high in protein. It sells at a price equivalent to bison. Yaks have vigorous calves with no birthing problems. And besides all this, wild Yaks are valuable source of genetic material for the improvement of domestic stock. The Yak-cow crosses are more valuable and stronger than cows.
Domestic Yaks Wild Yaks - Personality
Yaks are very intelligent, quiet, and gentle. They have a developed sense of hearing, smell, and sight, and are curious to investigate everything in their vicinity. Yaks learn and retain behaviors such as trailering, packing, pulling, and being groomed. Yaks' horns are not dangerous, and can be used as handles onto which to tie things.
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Star Sun Moon © 2002
StarSunMoon.com
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Domestic Yaks Wild Yaks - Breeders Links
Carolynn Creek Ranch - Breeders of Yaks offering information about care, husbandry, and the uses of Yaks. Located in Florissant, Colorado, USA.
Fryer Yak Farm - A healthy alternative for lean, organic meats. Located in Kooskia, Idaho. Offering calves, cows or heifers for sale, or herd packages.
Hoopers' Yak Ranch - Offering bred cows and heifer calves for sale. Also features information about Yak and Yak ranching.
McRoberts Game Farm - Raising and breeding Yak and Yak crosses for the production of lean, healthy, delicious meat. Located in Gurley, NE, USA.
Tregellys Fiber Farm - A fiber farm specializing in Angora goats and also raising Icelandic Sheep, Yaks, llamas, and Navajo-Churro Sheep. Hawley, MA.
Wykle Yak Ranch - Breeder offering a small Yak herd starter package and Yak jerky for sale. Located in Kooskia, ID, USA.
Yak - Leder - Die Lhasa-Lederfabrik informiert uber Yaks und deren Leder sowie uber die Geschichte der Firma.
Yak Alp Yak-Tsang-Ling Roti Fluo - Alp mit 40 Yaks auf 1650 Meter uber Meer, gunstiger Ubernachtungsmoglichkeit fur Einzelne und Gruppen bis ca. 20 Personen.
Yaks Care - Contains articles on reproduction and breeding of Yaks.
Yampa Valley Yaks - Tibetan Yaks raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, for packing, trekking and breeding.
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