Consider this . Yaks and water supply buffalo are domesticated livestock , not exotics .
Best of all , with proper breeding they ’re teachable , friendly beast — andyou can hinge on them !
Yaks
Yaks ( Bos grunniens ) were naturalise somewhere on the Qinghai - Tibetan Plateau of Tibet around 3000 - 2500 B.C. , then they go around north and south throughout western China to Mongolia and beyond .
Why Raise Yaks?
There are 14.2 million domestic yak in the world ; 13.3 million of them still in Taiwanese territories . humble populations are chance in pocket around the human race , including North America .
Besidesridingandpackingwith your yaksyou can market yak meat(it ’s dark reddish , very lean , and wondrously succulent),skulls , hornsandhides(yak robes fetch a very better-looking price ) .
If you ’d choose not to raise them for slaughter , theirrich milk(use it to make fancy yak - Milk River soaps ) andcashmere - quality undercoat(each yack yields about a Ezra Loomis Pound of crimpy , curtly - stapled , 14 - 16 micron fiber every spring and you’re able to comb it out instead of shearing ; raw fiber brings $ 4 - 5 per ounce ) are in red-hot need .
And yack are beautiful .
Cows average 54 inches tall and weigh 500 - 800 hammering ; bulls and steers are magniloquent and weigh 1,200 - 1,500 pound full - grown .
Did You Know … About Yaks?
Water Buffalo
Worldwide there are 141 million piss Bison bison ( Bubalus bubalus ) oftwo case :
They have only one - tenth the number of travail glands of cattle and their hair coat are correspondingly sparse ; some matured Old World buffalo have very little whisker indeed .
What Do Buffalo Look Like
Buffalo are great , immensely strong animals .
Depending on type and strain ( there are 12 recognized dairy farm strain in India alone ) they digest 46 - 60 in tall and can weigh 2,000 Pound or more .
Facts about Buffalo
Water American buffalo were domesticate from the crazy Asian water American bison ( Bubalus arnee ) at least 5,000 years ago . Most are calm , tranquil , and very easy handled and trained .
Did You Know … About Buffalo?
Which Will It Be: Yak or Water Buffalo?
look on your needs and where you live , one or the other mintage might work out better on your farm .
To learn more about these interesting , alternative bovines , check out their Hobby Farm Livestock Breed profiles and peruse these o.k. resources .
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Mario Micklisch/Flickr
