The Adventure Begins

I was going through some old photos the other day, scanning and organizing, and came across some pictures of our first yaks arriving on the farm. We started small, one adult bull, one young female, and one adult female with her 5 month old baby bull. We were all pretty excited about their arrival. A few months earlier we had been to Colorado and visited a yak ranch. That was the first time we had been in a pasture with yaks. We had been researching them for a while but that visit sealed the deal. We wanted to raise yaks.

 The trailer with our yaks arrived!

                                                         Don't you like the truck's license plate?


                  First look around for the yaks after their long journey.

 

 Checking out the landscape.

 

And so began our life with yaks!

 

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The Grass is Always Greener....

yup, on the other side of the fence.Pin It Now!

Baby Yak

Newest addition to the farm. Born August 30th. Pin It Now!

Backyard Visitor

This summer we have seen a lot of different critters and insects. I keep taking pictures thinking I'll post them on the blog, but life happens and the blog gets neglected.  Of course, I'm always being told that this is supposed to be about the yaks, but there's not any yak news right now. So, here are a couple of pictures of the latest animal to wander close to the house. Seems like he/she likes the peaches that have fallen from our tree.

Our cat, Amber, seems to enjoy watching the fox as much as we do.

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Treehog?

A few days ago Rachel was walking back to the house after giving the yaks water, thinking that the black walnut tree was growing into a good climbing tree. Apparently someone else thought that, too. Rachel was able to get these great photos of the tree's occupant.

Until last week we didn't realize that groundhogs climbed trees. Apparently, groundhogs are good climbers. They usually climb to escape a predator or to enjoy ripe fruits or berries. We're guessing that one of the cats chased it up the tree.


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