High Country Critters

Breeders since 2001! IYAK/WHYC registered, NO Hybrids, tame & gentle yaks

Foundation Yak

Cow (female)

Yo-yo/Sherpa lines, goes back to C001
IYAK - Foundation# Z053, WHYC# Z053  DOB: 6/18/2012  (11 yrs)
| Cow (female) | Native
Sire: HCC Yobama S037
Dam: HPY Olive S042

Melissa...now called Yolissa, to keep with our 'Y' name tradition here at HCC has been a very pleasant addition to our herd. She came to us and our herd of 6 cows and 1 bull at the age of 6.5 and with...

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Descendent of HCC, pretty, lots of bling
IYAK - Foundation# 2G005, WHYC# 2G005  DOB: 7/3/2019  (4 yrs)
| Cow (female) | Native Trim
Sire: PHSBR Shiva 2D024
Dam: CBC Melissa Z053 (at HCC)

Little Miss Yulu is quite the looker! She has lots of white on her face, that comes all the way down to the tip of her nose. At birth it looked like a 'funnel cloud' on her face. The white on her ches...

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our pride and joy of HCC...thanks Sherpa
IYAK - Foundation# A033, WHYC# A033  DOB: 5/23/2013  (10 yrs)
| Cow (female) | Royal
Sire: CJKH Sherpa H100
Dam: HCC Yenna R076

Yarrow is our pride and joy here at HCC, her birth was a total surprise to us! She was born 8.5mo. after the death of her sire Sherpa H100. She was Sherpa's 50th and final calf born here and we could ...

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beautiful N-Trim with surprise pedigree
IYAK - Foundation# R076, WHYC# R076  DOB: 9/4/2008  (15 yrs)
| Cow (female) | Native Trim
Sire: SBR 0117 (Hank)
Dam: SBR I42 Yosie

Yenna was a pleasant surprise when purchased at 6mo. old with her pregnant Royal mama (I42 Yosie) from a MT. rancher getting out of Yaks. Too bad Yosie's lineage was not documented...she was a nice l...

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Sherpa H100 granddaughter, great lines!
IYAK - Foundation# T081, WHYC# T081  DOB: 8/3/2010  (13 yrs)
| Cow (female) | Royal
Sire: HCC Yanner P068
Dam: KA Faye O105

Yahoo Bloo was a 'must have' after we lost her famous grandfather Sherpa H100 in 2012 at the age of 14. We were never able to part with Sherpa so we never kept any of his daughters while he was alive....

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gorgeous! great gramma = Queen Allante
IYAK - Foundation# 2E132  DOB: 5/21/2017  (6 yrs)
| Cow (female) | Imperial Trim
Sire: HPY Whisky Z057
Dam: MVYR Millie Z143

Yoseanne was the result of careful consideration of replacing a 19 year old cow in our small herd of 8 yaks. We tend to keep our foundation breeding animals through out their whole life, so adding a...

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Sherpa grand daughter, goes back to C001
IYAK - Foundation# A031, WHYC# A031  DOB: 6/12/2013  (10 yrs)
| Cow (female) | Royal
Sire: PY1 (HCC) Yuki Q027
Dam: HPY Maya P036

Yuka-lay-lee was another 'must have' after we lost her grandpa Sherpa H100 in 2012 and desperately wanted to keep his lines going. There is a very special story behind her date of birth, how we got he...

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Deceased

Good OLD lines, gorgeous N-Trim
IYAK - Foundation# G101  DOB: 7/25/1997
| Cow (female) | Native Trim
Sire: unknown
Dam: Kamet N/R

Diamond G101 was a gorgeous Native Trim, she looked just like the Plateau Yaks in Tibet...the real deal! She came to us with Sherpa H100 in 2001 from Cynthia Huber of Duckett Creek Ranch in Hillside C...

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Deceased


Our 1st yak cow, purchased in 2001!
IYAK - Foundation# i42  DOB: 1/1/1990
| Cow (female) | Imperial
Sire: Hyder Herd
Dam: Hyder Herd

GBH4 Molly i42 (aka Yelsa to us) was our very first yak purchased from Gene and Bea Hurley in Guffey CO. in 2001. We ended up adding others to the deal but Yelsa and her 6mo. old heifer calf Yonkers s...

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Deceased


Huge Imperial from the 'old days'. RIP
IYAK - Foundation# K004  DOB: 4/17/2001
| Cow (female) | Imperial
Sire: GBH4 Sweetie Pie G057
Dam: VL Sambo F015

Yo-Yo K004 is one of the original 4 yaks we bought 18 years ago. She is the great grand daughter of Sargent Pepper C001, not only was he imported but he was the first Yak ever registered with IYAK! ...

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Deceased


an oldie but a goodie
IYAK - Foundation# i42  DOB: 5/22/1999
| Cow (female) | Royal
Sire: Rambo
Dam: unknown

Yosie turned out to be one of our smartest yak purchases, we purchased her from a young gal in MT. that needed money to go to college in 2009. Yosie was 10 yrs. old, bred, IYAK registered and... had a...

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Deceased