Welcome to Old Koot's Kikos Farm
Sam and Vanessa Story
770-380-8136
Justin Story
770-773-0020
Located in Waleska, Ga
A History of the Kiko goat breed
KIKOS — A NEW
MEAT GOAT BREED
Adapted from article by G.J Bratten, Caprinex
Ltd., Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand
A program, carried out in New Zealand to develop a new meat goat breed, capitalized on the dynamics of the large feral base population.
The goal of the program was to develop a breed capable of high performance that would increase meat production under difficult conditions. Feral goats are small with typical liveweights at weaning and maturity of 25 to 55 pounds for does and 35 to 88 pounds for bucks.
KIKOs were developed by cross breeding selected feral
does with Anglo Nubian, British Toggenberg, and Saanen bucks. With further cross-breeding and interbreeding, replacement stock were selected solely for survivability and growth rate in a hill country pastoral environment.
After four generations of breeding, a dramatic improvement in liveweight and animal performance was
achieved, and the KIKO breed established.
Husbandry inputs have been minimal. No hooves trimmed, and those with problems are culled. Internal parasite control is restricted to two to three drenches per annum for adults and five to six drenches for young
animals in their first year.
Hello and welcome to Old Koot's Kikos farm. We decided to start this business venture after owning and operating Story's Poultry Farm since 1987 in Waleska, Georgia. We bought our first goats (Pictured above) in July 2014 from Gary and Lydia Richardson of Overlook Farms located in Fairmount, Georgia. Since then we have grown our herd to include three bucks and eleven does from some of the best known names in the Kiko industry, names such as Sunboy Stanton 149, ECR Rusty, Heslington Sesame, Blue's Son, and Tay Onyx to name a few. All of our goats are registered with the National Kiko Registry and have been DNA verified and proven to be 100% NZ Kikos.
