We did not enter the meat goat business with Kikos in mind.  Through painful trial and error, we struggled to find a goat that could THRIVE, not just survive in our climate with "Deep South" humid summers, and bitter North Georgia mountain winters.  We buried a lot of goats, constantly trimmed hooves,and drenched a lot of de-wormer prior to purchasing our initial Kiko herd.  Simply put, the Kiko breed solved all management problems for us.  We now have goats that work for US, we don't work for THEM.  Operating a Kiko herd is as simple as turning them out to pasture and letting your goats just "be goats".

Kikos are from New Zealand, a terrain and climate akin to ours with comparable rainfall and parasite populations.  Though the breed is relatively new to the United States, interest and demand has soared as Kikos continue to outperform all other meat breeds in parasite resistance, motherability, low maintenance hooves, and overall hardiness and production.  Our observation is that, for the purpose of operating a profitable meat goat enterprise on any scale, Kiko genetics are superior to any goat breed in existence at the current time.