The Kiko Breed

Kiko meat goats are the product of crossbreeding a feral doe with other meat goad breeds like Anglo-Nubian, Saanen bucks, and Toggenburg. Because of cross breedings, Kiko meat goats have color variations, like the solid color white and cream.

Sometimes they also produce offspring with shades of darker color, like black Kiko goats depending on the dominant characteristics of the parents. They are medium to large size goats, and Kiko does’ ranges from 100 to 180 pounds.

On the other hand, Kiko bucks could weigh up to 200 to 250 pounds. This breed is formed after cross-breeding the dairy bucks – and feral does. Many feral goats from over 100 years are paired with other landraces like European dairy breeds.

In 1976, the twenty heaviest female ferals were bred with Saanen, Nubian, British Turrenberg, and Alpine. They became one of the fast-growing goat meats in 1980.

And for over a decade, breeders did this until they came up with the Kiko breed and stopped the breeding in 1986.

Although the size of these goats is not as big, and they couldn’t produce milk as much as other breeds, they have prolific survival ability. 

The main characteristics of the Kiko goat is its hardiness and ability to gain significant weight on typical forage without supplemental feeds. The Kiko does are excellent mothers and will birth and raise their young without additional help. 

Studies show that Kikos may also be more parasite resistant than other breeds, 

Breeders should be able to provide proof of health, including vaccines, feet issues, birthing records or any other health related issue.