St Croix Sheep & Kiko Goats

St. Croix sheep are polled hair sheep native to the U.S. Virgin Islands that are heat and cold tolerant, known for having the highest parasite resistance & being hoof rot resistant. Rams can reach puberty as early as 60 days and ewe's as early as 6 to 7 months, they have high lambing percentages, and are good mothers wiht high lamb survivability rates. St. Croix also have good flocking instincts and are known for their fine grained low fat meat.

 We added 5 purebred St Croix ewes and   a ram lamb in 2021. With our focus being on pasture management, parasite resistance, and alternative meat sources, we opted not pay extra for their registration papers. We have raised these guys on pasture & hay with little grain. We decided to breed the ewes so they would lamb when they were 1 year old and these are some of those lambs! We have not had to worm or trim hooves since we got this flock. We will be retaining all ewe lambs and selling the ram lambs once weaned.

We hope to be adding more St. Croix and or Katahdin ewes to our herd soon!

Kiko goats originated in New Zealand and were developed in the 1980's by crossing local feral goats with imported dairy goat bucks. They are a hardy breed known for their parasite resistance and rapid growth rates of kids. They have superior maternal instincts and are aggressive foragers that don't need supplementary feeding to achieve substantial weight gains. They also have fewer problems with foot rot than other breeds. A 2004 Tennessee State University study between Boer and Kikos showed Kiko's weaned more pounds of kid per doe. 

We added a Registered Purebred Kiko Buck and 2 Registered Kiko doelings as well as several commercial does in 2021. As with the sheep, our initial goals for the goats were pasture management, parasite resistance, and alternative meat source. Some of our commercial does were open 1-2 years old does and the rest doelings. We bred the older does and kidding started Christmas Day 2021. We put our doelings with the buck so they would kid out when they turn 1 so are expecting more kids this spring. We have already sold all buckling kids to date and will be retaining our does. 

In 2022, we added 3 Reg purebred Kiko bottle babies consisting of 1 buckling and 2 doelings. 

Comming Soon!

Lambs & kids due in mid March 2023

We will have purebred St Croix ram lambs available for sale contact us for more information.

We anticipate having commercial Kiko goat kids for sale, contact us for more information.

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