Our 1st Kikos
Our farm is a small piece of land that has
little pastures and much brush. We owned a
miniature horse that was a pet for our children.
As a herd animal I felt that she needed another
animal to accompany her. A close family friend,
Barbara Dickerson of Westmoreland TN, owned a
herd of Kiko goats that her husband had built
for years from purebred bucks from Egypt Creek
Ranch. One of her young does was the lowest on
the herd's pecking order and she knew our
situation and offered the goat to us. When we
brought her home, she had been bred to her
purebred Kiko sire ECR Bandit. A few months
later we tripled our goat herd and we haven't
slowed down yet.
AGF Stryker,
pictured at 18 months old, is a Purebred Buck
that has Goatex Generator (Maternal and
Paternal), Betula Hill Moneymaker, Tasman Zorro,
Betula Hill Bodyguard and JTV Hercules genetics.
He gives kids that are vigorous, fastgrowing,
and colorful. We are blessed to have him at
McCoy Kikos.
WHY WE RAISE KIKOS
In 1986 the Kiko breed was closed to further
crossbreeding. Years of research on producing
the best goat possible results in the hardiest
genetic traits known to the industry
today. Melinda and I had the chance to speak
with Garrick Batten in June ’07. Mr. Batten, as
most know, is an original developer of the Kiko.
Listening first hand how he and others
culled feral project herds helped me understand
why my favorite breed is what it is. They kept
only the best of thousands of feral does, which
were already culled by mother nature, to breed
up into the Kiko using the biggest and best
dairy bucks of various breeds. I understand more
now why my goats are so easily maintained with
minimal input such as wormers, medicines, feet
trimmings and help at birth. At our place we see
great growth rates with less supplemental feeds.
A wise man once said,
“easier
is better and less is more”.
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