Yaks require no special fencing. Existing cattle facilities are easily used. Yaks are disease resistant and cold hardy. Yaks are quiet. Female yaks are bred at 18-24 months.
Females calve with ease.
Cows can weigh up to 900 punds, bulls to 1200 pounds. Yaks generally live 20-25 years. B.C. Docile and powerful, the yak is the most useful of domestic mammals at high elevations and serves as a mount, a beast of burden, and is used for milk and meat as well as wool production. In parts of central Asia the mountain people regularly cross their cattle with yaks in order to produce a hardier and stronger animal with better milk and meat production. In the frontier areas of Tibet, yaks are often crossed with Chinese cattle.