Yak Crossbreeding

Yak can crossbreed readily with any cattle.  The offspring females are extremely fertile and the males are sterile.  They are the bovine's equivalent to the mule.  Easy calving, low birth weights (40-60 pounds), super hardy calves with natural protection from the cold (calves more hardy at 5 days than their mother), and naturally disease resistant, all yield high production rates.  The Yak/Cow hybrid demonstrates very impressive and rapid growth characteristics.  Here's Betty with Gum Drop with her little heifer, Gum Drop, just born, and both of them 5 months later.

The half Yak cow may be the ideal breeding female, with a stocking rate per acre over twice that of a commercial cow.  The half Yak bull is sterile, but a female is highly fertile.  Hybrid vigor growth rates yield an early optimum sized feeder while maintaining the feed efficiency and meat characteristics of the Yak.

Nadi , is sometimes referred to as "Our Big Dog" since he comes when called and loves attention.  He completed his adolescence with 2 angus heifers .  However, he's not a young bull  anymore as seen above, but a father of several Yak/Cow crosses. 

His tiger-striped son, Red,

seen here, took first place at the Clearwater County Fair in Idaho one

 year!  Red was not quite 5 months old yet, had just been weaned 2 weeks before, and surprised everyone by weighing in at an impressive 400 pounds.  Lean but certainly not mean.              

Nadi's sons:      Red                         Green

Nadi's latest mate, our Jersey, Daisy, with new son Stevie.

Nadi's success has generated interest in our local community for the delicious, flavorful, and healthy Yak meat produced not only by Yak, but their crosses as well. 

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