SHELBY ACRES

Early in 2003, we were planning to purchase a couple of wethers to clean up poison ivy and briars on our 22 acres in southern Oklahoma before filling our freezer come winter
But after months of research to find the perfect breed, we became hooked on the idea of raising goats as a retirement project.
            We finally decided that the Kiko was the breed for us, probably because we just plain wanted to have fun.
            We wanted to spend our time watching the goats be goats! While certainly not opposed to work, we didn’t want to become so bogged down with working and hovering over the animals that we would lose sight of their entertainment value.
            We liked what we read and heard about the Kikos, a breed that thrives on environmentally challenged land. The idea of entertainment grew to include a goal of raising quality breeding stock with efforts to utilize and enhance the great traits for which the Kiko was developed in the first place: fast growth, parasite tolerance, resistance to hoof problems, and excellent maternal abilities.
            The commercial producer needs, along with the hybrid vigor of crossbreeds, those tough qualities the Kiko can add for an end product ready for market in minimum time and with minimum input. And although still new, Shelby Acres Okie-Dokie Kikos continues to fine-tune the goal of providing high-percentage purebreeds ready to make just such a contribution to commercial herds.