misfitmorgan
Herd Master
So i've been looking into different mini cows. I was leaning towards dexters if I could find some a reasonable distance. Today I stumbled across a CL post for Yak's. Has anyone researched them or owned them?
So far they seem to live for about 25yrs, are hardy and convert feed really well. Males weigh 750 - 1,300lbs are under 4.5ft tall and females weigh 500 - 650lbs and are under 4ft tall. Meat is low in cholestrol, fat and high in omega #3. Also interestingly they are pregnant for slightly less time then standard cows at 257-270 days vs 279-287 days for a cow. All sounds workable for us, now what the price is I dont know. The farm that was advertising is about 3hrs from us and offering cows, heifers, pairs, steers, bulls, or packages/starter herds.
So far they seem to live for about 25yrs, are hardy and convert feed really well. Males weigh 750 - 1,300lbs are under 4.5ft tall and females weigh 500 - 650lbs and are under 4ft tall. Meat is low in cholestrol, fat and high in omega #3. Also interestingly they are pregnant for slightly less time then standard cows at 257-270 days vs 279-287 days for a cow. All sounds workable for us, now what the price is I dont know. The farm that was advertising is about 3hrs from us and offering cows, heifers, pairs, steers, bulls, or packages/starter herds.