We would like to invite you to join us May 12th in Weston, WV at WVU Jackson’s Mill for the inaugural Mountain Premier Invitational. To learn more, please visit our website www.mountainpremierkiko.com
If you are unable to make the event in person we will have online bidding and viewing via DVAuction and transport available.
We’re in the peak of breeding season and our commercial and registered bucks are almost all in new homes where they will be improving herds of Kikos as well as commercial operations. For other Kiko herds it’s a chance to add some MRG genetics that have done so well for so many to help with parasite resistance, growth and maternals. So far we’ve sent registered bucks to PA, MD, NY and SC. Our commercial bucks have mostly been purchased by new and repeat customers throughout the Mountain State. We only have 3 bucks left if you’re still in need of a quality buck, please let us know.
Several of these customers are buying Kiko bucks to cross over their Boer does. We always get reports back on how thrifty and lively the kids are at birth and how they seem to chase their dams down for milk when they are born. Some have even said that this is an improvement over their Boer kids that have laid in the pen for 3 days after birth before getting up and moving around. This post isn’t meant to bash Boers as I know they are a few good ones out there too.
For the first time, we have sold a registered Kiko buck to a Savanna breeder to cover their Savanna does. He happens to be the biggest Kiko buck at his age that we have raised so far and is out of Sky High Kiss My Spot over a HEMI daughter. We are expecting great things out of the cross that our new customer in NY is experimenting with. A lot of folks are buying Savanna bucks and crossing them over their Kiko does and it seems to be working well. I have every reason to believe these folks will be successful using our Kiko buck over their Savanna does.
He seems to be enjoying his new job. Stay tuned………..
We have a limited number of 2017 Bucks available for sale. We can also assist with delivery. For individual photos, pedigrees, and prices please visit our website http://www.mrgoats.com/bucks-for-sale.html
MRG HEMI’S 1322
MRG GT
We are offering a limited amount of semen from select herd sires on our website http://www.mrgoats.com/semen-for-sale.html
Please visit our Bucks For Sale page on our website for individual Photos and details on each buck, including Sire and Dam photos. http://www.mrgoats.com/bucks-for-sale.html
We will be running a 1/4 page ad in the May Goat Rancher Magazine. May is the Kiko Special Edition every year. We should have a very nice kid crop available later this year. We also recently collected semen on 5 of our bucks and may be offering some of it for sale in the near future. Please contact us if you are interested in either.
M.R. Goats May 2015 Ad
Kiko Goat Delivery
When we selected 3 bucks out of our 2013 kid crop this year we never expected to sell all 3 of them on the same day. Starting this afternoon we will be heading South delivering goats along the East Coast. Deals were made for each of the 3 bucks on different days but we were able to arrange for the delivery all during the same trip. This saves us time and saves our customers time and money.
Our first delivery will actually be for the last sale of the 3 goats. We will be delivering him to Southern West Virginia. We made a deal for the sale of the first buck to Georgia. Once we knew we were heading South, we started advertising that delivery would be available along our route during this time frame. Shortly thereafter, our second sale was made to Virginia. And finally last night, we were contacted by a customer in WV who wanted our remaining buck.
We are excited about the trip but no as much about the weather. We’re excited to get more of our quality genetics dispersed to other herds to make positive impacts on them. We are also glad to be able to stop and visit with some friends along the way.
#1083 PB Kiko Doe
We have just recently had our entire herd tested by Washington State University / Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL)(http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/depts_waddl/) for CAE/CL/Johne’s and we are pleased to announce that all of the goats that we have advertised for sale now come University documented Negative to these three diseases!
We only have 1 of the 3 bucks remaining available for sale and had had several inquiries on our doelings for sale. Buy with confidence knowing that you aren’t bringing a disease home to your herd. We are still planning a trip south in the next few weeks and will have limited availability so please contact us soon if you would like to have one of these quality goats delivered to your farm.
Please see our Bucks for Sale and Does for Sale pages for more info And prices.
We are planning a trip from WV to GA and will be delivering goats along the way.
We have selected three bucklings out of this year’s kid crop to offer as Herd Sire Prospects
GFI HEMI – son of Terminator’s XX (For Reference only)
100% NZ Kiko Buck #1111
#1111 – This is the 2013 model of a proven combination that always works. GFI HEMI (son of Terminator XX) on top and GFI Georgia (daughter of Keeper) on bottom. This same pairing produced MRG Diesel & MRG ‘GT’ in 2010 and #1099 and #1100 in 2012. The previous bucks have grown up to be massive and can be seen on our Facebook page under photos. This is the top buck of the 2013 crop.
100% NZ Kiko Buck #1080
#1080 is a flashy NZ Kiko buck by HEMI and a Loverboy granddaughter. He is very healthy and has never required any type of inputs or maintenance. He is a solid buck that would pass along great parasite resistance to your herd from his paternal grandsire Terminator’s XX. He will also pass along the size of his maternal grand and great grandsires; James Bond, Keeper, Loverboy, etc. This is one of two NZ bucks that we are offering for sale out of our 2013 kid crop.
PB Kiko Buck #1107
#1107 is the only PB Kiko Buck that we are offering as a herd sire prospect from our 2013 kid crop. He is out of HEMI and a proven doe that is bulletproof.
#1119 100% NZ Kiko doeling with a nice butt and good confirmation by HEMI out of by a doe with the following lines (Klondike/Confederate, Goliath, Goldmine IV, TNT Cody). This photo isn’t great but the doeling is one of the best from this year.
#1119 100% NZ Kiko Doe
#1112 is a Snow White New Zealand Kiko Doe by GFI HEMI out of GFI Georgia, our own Keeper daughter. Full sister to #1099 from 2012 who is filling out to be the nicest doe in our herd. She is bred to our Loverboy son.
#1112 100% NZ Kiko doe
#1106 is a 100% NZ Kiko Doe with the most unusual color pattern we’ve ever raised. She is black with the classic frosted Terminator nose and ears overlayed with brown polka dot spots and silver highlights throughout her body.
#1106 100% NZ Black Spotted Kiko Doe
#1083 is a flashy black and white PB doeling out of Diesel and Sage. Diesel is one of the biggest HEMI sons that we have raised. His kids have been very strong and colorful. This is one of the top 3 PB does from this years kid crop. Her twin sister #1082 is below.
#1083 PB Kiko Doe
#1113 Tan PB Kiko Doeling by HEMI and Sadie. She has an identical twin sister, both of these girls are very nice and at the top of their class.
#1113 PB Kiko doe
#1114 Tan PB Kiko Doeling by HEMI and Sadie. She has an identical twin sister, both of these girls are very nice and at the top of their class.
#1111 PB Kiko Doe
#1103 is a Purebred Kiko doeling by HEMI out of Legs. Legs at 9 years old doe still has a great udder and she raised twins. She is also the oldest doe on the farm and a descendant of Southwest Cisco and a few JTV goats. More importantly her 2011 buck was one of the top 2 PB Kiko Bucklings on the MD Forage test for Parasite resistance and resilience and sold to Lincoln University in Mo.
#1103 PB Kiko Doe
#1102 is a Purebred Kiko doeling by HEMI out of Lil. Lil is out of Legs and a JTV Goliath son. [Legs 2011 buck was one of the top 2 PB Kiko Bucklings on the MD Forage test for Parasite resistance and resilience and sold to Lincoln University in Mo.]
#1102 PB Kiko Doe
#1082 is a PB doeling out of Diesel and Sage
#1082 PB Kiko Doe
This is a flashy Black and White Purebred Kiko Doeling out of Reece and Warsaw. Warsaw’s kids have all been very colorful and the does have been especially healthy.
Purebred Kiko Doeling
4 month old White and Brown New Zealand doeling out of Warsaw and Tallulah (Terminator XX daughter)
Tallulah’s White/Brown NZ Doeling
SOLD – 4 month old Brown New Zealand doeling out of Warsaw and Tallulah (Terminator XX daughter)
Tallulahs Brown NZ doeling
Colton and Bolt
A few months ago we traded a nice Kiko buckling out of HEMI for an 8 week old solid white Great Pyrenees LGD pup in VA. It was the half way mark between our farm in WV and Richard Perry’s farm in NC. The buckling made the 4 hour trip in a dog kennel while the puppy somehow managed to split the time up between Lorie’s lap in the front seat and our 5 year old son Colton’s lap in the backseat.
Lorie and Bolt
This new addition has brought us to a grand total of 6 dogs on the farm; Four LGD’s and 2 pets. We believe that dogs are better in pairs. Our oldest pair of LGD’s are approaching seven years old. Large dogs have a shorter life expectancy than smaller dogs and LGD’s an even shorter one based on their line of work. We wanted to get a companion for our 3rd LGD and also have another mature LGD on staff before the inevitable happens with our aging pair of guardians.
We have started “Bolt” (the kids named him after the lead dog in one of their favorite movies) with his own group of weanling bucks. So far, we couldn’t be more pleased. He is a very alert dog and he is not afraid to bark and growl at our large German Shepherd male whenever he gets too close to the bucklings even though Bolt is half his size. The best part about Bolt and all GPs that we have been around is that our small children can approach them and handle them (even while eating) without any signs of aggression. They are truly an amazing breed of dog. We are so thankful for ours. We used to wake up in the middle of the night when the coyotes would start howling and go outside with a light and a gun. Now we just roll over and go back to sleep.
5 month old LGD
Here is a picture of Bolt from last night against our new HT barn lot fence. We haven’t had him on the scales but he is growing nicely. Once he is a little bigger and the bucklings are sold, we’ll move him in with his adult companion to learn the ropes of patrolling a large pasture.
5 month old LGD
The HEMI buckling in NC has gained 25lbs on forage in the last 2-3 months 🙂
6 mo old HEMI son
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