We’re back from National Western Stock Show. It’s always great to visit with our yak friends. The owners put on their annual yak masquerade parade and participated in the yak obstacle course. Our yaks did extremely well in the competitions.

HSY Dobson was the Grand Champion Fiber Yak and the Show’s High Point Champion.

In the halter show, yaks bred by us won six blue ribbons, a blue in each class in which we showed. HSY Finn, now owned by Corinna and Pat Schade, was the blue ribbon Spring Bull Calf and Grand Champion Bull. HSY Bruno was the blue ribbon Summer Bull Calf. HSY Alistair was the blue ribbon Spring Yearling Bull and Reserve Grand Champion Bull. HSY Freden was the blue ribbon Adult Female and Grand Champion Female. HSY Miranda was the blue ribbon Spring Yearling Heifer. The Duchess, now owned by Melissa Lunsford at Granite Peaks Ranch, was the blue ribbon Spring Heifer Calf.

This is HSY Moses 18C75, the High Point Champion at Rocky Mountain Yakspo. Moses came home with two blue ribbons, a Reserve Grand Champion Bull ribbon, and a ribbon in the on-the-yak fiber competition. The High Point Champion Award goes to the yak earning a ribbon in all three shows (pen, halter, fiber) with the highest combined score. Moses is a yearling and is expected to be ready for his first tour of duty this fall. Moses is for sale.

And in fiber…. Our heifer calf HSY Moxie Roxie won the blue ribbon in her class and the Grand Champion Award for Fiber. Our bull calf HSY Sir Duncan took second place to Moxie Roxie in the calf category, but still earned the Reserve Grand Champion Award. Our yearling heifer HSY Sugar won the first place blue ribbon in the older yak category, but was beat out by Sir Duncan for the Reserve Grand Champion Award. There were more than 50 yaks entered into the fiber contest. Hay Springs Yaks came back with six of the ten place ribbons, the Reserve Grand Ribbon, and the Grand Champion ribbon.. The last time that we entered yaks into a fiber contest was at IYAK’s 2017 national show at NWSS. That year we came home with four of the top six ribbons.

There are some great fiber genetics going on at Hay Springs Yaks.

Calving started in April this year. Many of our cows gave birth in 2015 less than 10 months after they had given birth in 2014. Olar had his own harem in 2014, his calves look every bit as nice as those from Yoda and Wrangler! In the 2015 breeding season Olar will be a full partner. Here are a few pictures of calving season 2015 .