Straw Hat Kikos

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Hey Straw Hat, Moses is a great looking guy. So let me get this straight, because I am going to show Tim and I need to get the facts straight Moses is 100% Kiko, right? And at 70 pounds, he's not quite a year old. If his father is 200 lbs. with nothing but pasture, I'm assuming Moses will get close to that, too, right? How long does it take a Kiko to get to full weight? And what does Moses eat?

Thanks!
Bridge

Thank you. No, he is 94% Kiko which is Purebred. He is registered with the NRK and I will register him with the IKGA in JAN. (That way I don't have to pay more like I would if I did it now. Savvy eh?) Yes, he is 70 pounds and he is almost 11 months old. (10 months and 22 days. )

I'm not sure how big he'll get. I do not think he will get to 200 just because he is a bit small. I really wish I had put alot of feed into him when he was younger so that he would have been getting alot of weight in his younger age, when they grow most. I think Moses should get anywhere from 120-150 but I really do not know for sure.
It can take a long while. Kikos, like Myotonics, grow quickly but it can take several years until they are fully mature. They reach slaughter weight at a very young age which is what makes them good meat goats. The also dress out better than Boers do, percentage wise. They also have smaller bones that carry more meat, thus giving you more meat. But they will continue to grow to 3 or even 4 years old. Moses' sire is almost 3 and he is still growing.

Moses eats hay, feed, browse, and pasture. He gets alot of hay now but didn't always. He is getting three cups of feed now and he always hung around the three cup mark. He gets whatever browse is in his area but being Kikos the destroy it pretty quick. He also eats grass when he is in the fields that have it, which he is not right now. So basically he gets hay, a little bit of feed, and most of his food is from foraging, just as it should be.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Got it StrawHat!

We don't see hardly any Kiko goats advertised here on Craigslist. I'm sure if Tim saw them he would snatch them up. All interesting info! Thanks!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Got it StrawHat!

We don't see hardly any Kiko goats advertised here on Craigslist. I'm sure if Tim saw them he would snatch them up. All interesting info! Thanks!

You're quite welcome. Kikos can be hard to find sometimes. You don't see them much at sales and when you do they are crosses or just plain bad Kikos. I find them sometimes on CL but not often.

 

[marlowmanor]

Got it StrawHat!

We don't see hardly any Kiko goats advertised here on Craigslist. I'm sure if Tim saw them he would snatch them up. All interesting info! Thanks!

You're quite welcome. Kikos can be hard to find sometimes. You don't see them much at sales and when you do they are crosses or just plain bad Kikos. I find them sometimes on CL but not often.

I've not seen many kikos on CL either. I think there is a big farm in the Raleigh area though I've seen ads for before.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

I got the PVC and put up the PVC mineral feeders the other day. I didn't do the design I was going to do because it would take 10 pounds of mineral to fill up and there may be waste involved. It would also cost a ton more.

So thru some changes it was improved. (for our needs)

Instead of costing 50$ to make four mineral feeders it now costs 7$ and it works better then the other way.

Look below for the narrative and pictures.

Buy one of these. It costs about 5$.

Notice how the ends are different.

Other end of it.

Buy one of these caps. Only about 2$.

Here it is again.

Put it on the smaller side. (It only fits on this side)

It's now on.

So you can see it better.

How it would be attached. When you do attach it to something you nail/screw the cap to the wood first.

Here it is in the Nigerian doe area with some mineral. (Not full)

Again.

In action. Milly.

Again with Coke.


This holds a good amount of mineral if you only have a few goats (up to ten) in one area. It wouldn't be ideal if you had 50 goats but we don't. It only costs 7$ or so per feeder. So far it is working great.


ETA: I did not use PVC glue. I found caps and pipes that fit very snugly. The stay together and there's no way it comes undone. This way I can clean them very easily if I need to.

 

[Bridgemoof]

That's GREAT StrawHat. I love the step by step instructions. Great idea, great execution!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

That's GREAT StrawHat. I love the step by step instructions. Great idea, great execution!

Thanks Bridge!! It seems to be working great so far. The use it and none has been wasted. It may not look like it but it holds a good deal of mineral too. Best of all it is cheap, easy to make and clean, doesn't requires a ton of mineral in it, and you can put it anywhere. (Safe from rain) It doesn't take up space and it's very easy to put up. Just two little screws.

 

[bonbean01]

That was pretty clever Looks good!

 

[marlowmanor]

Great modification K! I will have to show this to DH. We need to have a mineral feeder since right now I am just mixing minerals with the feed which I know is not ideal. Heck, it's so simple, I could make them by myself!

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

Brilliant! Love this idea. Thanks for sharing.