Monday, May 31, 2010

YAK TRACKS: The calves are coming!

Christine is our fifth mama to birth this spring.

Here are some photos of her with her newborn - an all-black calf.

Spent part of the week-end clearing grass from 20 acres of fence line - go team!



Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Monday, May 10, 2010

YAK TRACKS: Celebrating our YAK MAMAS on MOTHER'S DAY!

We;'ve got four proud yak mamas and four new calves at the farm, as of mother's day. Here they are - posing.

Left to right: Lady Slipper, Ilia, Black Magic Woman (BMW) and Kunga.



And here's my favorite yak - Kunga the Wooly - with her day-old calf. Fetching, aren't they?







Friday, May 7, 2010

YAK TRACKS: Yakking in our "Satellite" Pastures - Vive Spring!

A big morning this morning. We moved eight of the weanling and yearlings to two small grass pastures.

Four - Uno, Carl, Nox, and Roxanne - to new a temporary pen with fine grass on the southwest side of Dave's farm.







And another four - Tashi the Wonder Yak, Natasha, Jessie, and Isadore - to the Yellow Farm Inn.





Good to have yaks out on pasture.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

YAK TRACKS: Cinqo De Mayo - Yakking About Summer Grass!

...Thanks to warm weather, and a nice mix of moisture and sun, the yaks are on their summer grass/pasture - and wickedly happy to be there. Look closely - see them grinning! And what a stunningly beautiful afternoon in Mad River Valley.





Sunday, May 2, 2010

YAK TRACKS: Yakking with the FLIPpin' Young 'Uns...

Here's what happened when I passed my 8-year-old son Theron the FLIP camera for 10 minutes the other day.



I ought to give him the camera more often.



Yak on, and stay cool, four-leggeds, in this 85 degree humidity!

Thursday, April 29, 2010

YAK TRACKS: Good to be Back on Grass



I spent two hours this afternoon in one of my favorite places.

The little fenced-in pasture on the Loop Road by Mike and Sandy's Yellow Farm Inn.

Got the hoses hooked up, the yak trough filled with water, the temporary fencing and wires installed, and the pasture cleaned up.

In time for the four-leggeds arrival on spring pasture next week.

Good to be back on grass.

Yak to the future.