A facility is made up of slider doors and swinging doors constructed of 6 X 7 cubicles enabling the farmer to move the elk, simply by swinging and sliding doors throughout the facility. A hydraulic squeeze chute is used when yearly testing or vaccinations need to be given. Raising elk has four major advantages over the traditional type of livestock. Land utilization - more elk can be placed on land then any other stock. You can raise 3 elk on the same pasture that it would take to raise 1 cow.
Elk are hardier - elk have a natural immunity to most diseases.
The cow elk are breed in the fall and will give birth to their calves in late May-July. It is rare to have twin. The elk are excellent mothers and hardly ever require help. When born the elk calves they weight about 30 pounds and are spotted like deer, but loose their spots quickly in just a few weeks. They grow quickly and by January usually weight 250 pounds.