Classifications of the Kiko Goat
There are two primary breed registries that are member driven, non-profit associations and serve breeders in North America: the American Kiko Goat
Association and the International Kiko Goat Association. The National Kiko Registry was created in 2011 to give Kiko breeders of every size and
management style the opportunity to register and track their genetics through an independent, professionally run, for profit, livestock registry.
History The Kiko goat was developed exclusively by Goatex Group Limited, a New Zealand company which has been solely responsible for the breeding of
Kiko goats in New Zealand. The company of large farmers were actively involved in the capture and farming of New Zealand's extensive native goat
population. All members of the company had a vigorous and ongoing interest in meat production as a consequence of which several thousand of the most
substantial and fertile native goats were allocated to a breeding program in which population dynamics would be rigorously applied to produce a goat with
enhanced meat production ability under browse conditions.
New Zealand native goats New Zealand has a large population of feral goats which roam unrestrained through the wooded hill country and mountain
scrubland of both islands. These goats derive from the original imports of British milk goats introduced in the late eighteenth century to provide sustenance
for whalers and sealers prior to New Zealand's colonization. Over time they have been supplemented by escaped and released domestic goats turned
loose into unproductive scrubland during times of agricultural adversity, particularly the depressions of the 1890's and 1930's.
Small colonies of hair producing goats were found in a remote part of the North Island's Waipu Forest in the 1970's, the legacy of a failed attempt to
establish a mohair industry during the First World War. New Zealand's total lack of predators and temperate climate meant that native goats have been
able to breed without the strictures of mortality that are found elsewhere in the world. In addition, they rapidly adapted to the environment into which they
had been released and established themselves throughout the country. As a consequence, comparatively small numbers of goats released into the wild
had burgeoned to hundreds of thousands of goats by the mid 1970's. Goats (along with deer) were ravaging New Zealand's native flora to the extent that
the government permanently employed substantial numbers of professional hunters in an effort at control.
At this time a government sponsored scheme was introduced in another attempt to foster and promote the raising of Angora goats in order to develop a
mohair industry. The strategy adopted was the use of Angora bucks over native does in an upgrading program. In the event, this prompted the wholesale
capture and confinement of tens of thousands of native goats for use in the program.
Association and the International Kiko Goat Association. The National Kiko Registry was created in 2011 to give Kiko breeders of every size and
management style the opportunity to register and track their genetics through an independent, professionally run, for profit, livestock registry.
History The Kiko goat was developed exclusively by Goatex Group Limited, a New Zealand company which has been solely responsible for the breeding of
Kiko goats in New Zealand. The company of large farmers were actively involved in the capture and farming of New Zealand's extensive native goat
population. All members of the company had a vigorous and ongoing interest in meat production as a consequence of which several thousand of the most
substantial and fertile native goats were allocated to a breeding program in which population dynamics would be rigorously applied to produce a goat with
enhanced meat production ability under browse conditions.
New Zealand native goats New Zealand has a large population of feral goats which roam unrestrained through the wooded hill country and mountain
scrubland of both islands. These goats derive from the original imports of British milk goats introduced in the late eighteenth century to provide sustenance
for whalers and sealers prior to New Zealand's colonization. Over time they have been supplemented by escaped and released domestic goats turned
loose into unproductive scrubland during times of agricultural adversity, particularly the depressions of the 1890's and 1930's.
Small colonies of hair producing goats were found in a remote part of the North Island's Waipu Forest in the 1970's, the legacy of a failed attempt to
establish a mohair industry during the First World War. New Zealand's total lack of predators and temperate climate meant that native goats have been
able to breed without the strictures of mortality that are found elsewhere in the world. In addition, they rapidly adapted to the environment into which they
had been released and established themselves throughout the country. As a consequence, comparatively small numbers of goats released into the wild
had burgeoned to hundreds of thousands of goats by the mid 1970's. Goats (along with deer) were ravaging New Zealand's native flora to the extent that
the government permanently employed substantial numbers of professional hunters in an effort at control.
At this time a government sponsored scheme was introduced in another attempt to foster and promote the raising of Angora goats in order to develop a
mohair industry. The strategy adopted was the use of Angora bucks over native does in an upgrading program. In the event, this prompted the wholesale
capture and confinement of tens of thousands of native goats for use in the program.
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100% New Zealand — All animals designated as 100% New Zealand must be the offspring of 100%
New Zealand goats that can trace their pedigrees to the original New Zealand imports and have no
other animals in their pedigrees.
Purebred — All Kikos designated as Purebred must be at least 15/16 or 93.75% Kiko blood. No
progeny of Purebred animals shall be registrable as 100% New Zealand. 100% will be used when
calculating the breed purity of a Purebred buck’s or doe’s percentage Kiko offspring.
Percentage — All animals designated as Percentage animals must be at least 1/2 (50%) Kiko and
must be the offspring of a registered 100% New Zealand or Purebred Kiko buck or doe. Only does may
be registered in the Percentage Herd Book. The percentage classifications are 50%, 3/4, 7/8, 15/16
which is considered purebred. All offspring of 7/8 percentage does are considered and registrable as
purebred Kikos.
New Zealand goats that can trace their pedigrees to the original New Zealand imports and have no
other animals in their pedigrees.
Purebred — All Kikos designated as Purebred must be at least 15/16 or 93.75% Kiko blood. No
progeny of Purebred animals shall be registrable as 100% New Zealand. 100% will be used when
calculating the breed purity of a Purebred buck’s or doe’s percentage Kiko offspring.
Percentage — All animals designated as Percentage animals must be at least 1/2 (50%) Kiko and
must be the offspring of a registered 100% New Zealand or Purebred Kiko buck or doe. Only does may
be registered in the Percentage Herd Book. The percentage classifications are 50%, 3/4, 7/8, 15/16
which is considered purebred. All offspring of 7/8 percentage does are considered and registrable as
purebred Kikos.
Information on the Kiko Goat
from Wikipedia
from Wikipedia
For more information on the Kiko Goat
click on the link below:
The National Kiko Registry
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The National Kiko Registry
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