Category: Facilities

By Greg Dike About three months ago one of my bulls who just turned two years exhibited the following: Acting lazy, didn’t seem to be putting on weight, and was panting more than he should have been. The first thing I did was weigh him and discovered that he had lost a few pounds since… Continue reading How to Build Your Own Scale

Tim Hardy, Hay Springs Yaks Sooner or later you’ll want a working chute for your yaks. You will probably want to vaccinate; you may want to comb your yaks for fiber at a time when your yaks prefer another activity. You may need to put a newborn calf under its confused first-time mother, or perhaps… Continue reading Selecting a Working Chute

By: Grant Pound, Snowcliff Ranch. Water is always the limiting factor here in the west. Access to water determines where I put my fences and defines my pastures. In the winter, it’s even tougher. The ditch is dry and the creek is often frozen. I have places I would like to put yaks, but water… Continue reading Let The Sun Heat Your Stock Tank

By: Grant Pound Before you buy any yaks take a good look at your fencing. I kept reading that yaks are “easy keepers” and that they didn’t challenge fencing. That’s true, they are easy keepers as long as they feel like being kept. It will probably be in your first week that they will try… Continue reading Don’t Fence Me In

BY: Grant Pound I was recently asked this: Hi, Grant. Could you take some time to share your thoughts on handling facilities for vetting, hoof trimming, grooming, etc? We are still working on getting a workable system going on a budget and having trouble deciding how extensive a system is warranted, as well as balancing pros… Continue reading Facilities For New Yak Owners

By Grant Pound I have had mixed results with halter training in the past. I could easily be out-classed by any novice 4-H kid. I have worked with a lot of animals, but not ones that could be led on a rope. There is very little need to halter train coyotes, prairie dogs, pygmy rabbits… Continue reading Yak Halter Training

By Grant Pound California recently experienced its worst fire in history. The fire moved so fast that people couldn’t get out of their houses. Some died in cars trying to flee. My heart goes out to those who lost lives, homes, loved ones and pets. Fires and floods are increasingly likely in here in the… Continue reading Disaster Readiness