About Kiko Goats
Kiko goats are lighter boned and make fast weight gains on forage only diets. Kiko mothers often wean their own body weight in kids, and performance tests have shown that Kikos demonstrate:
- Longer more productive lives
- High parasite resistance
- A higher meat to bone ratio than other breeds, they are capable of a 65% carcass yield.
- Are better mothers than average.
- Exhibit very high and consistent fertility rates.
- Require less hoof trimming, and worming than other breeds. .
- Kiko goats are a excellent cross for commercial producers and hobbyists alike
- Kiko crosses retain much of the Kiko advantage and are highly marketable.
- Kiko goats are still relatively new in the US and demand for "high quality" animals is strong.