Browns Branch Acres & Kikos

08/24/2025

Disease Testing - 22nd August, 2025

08/06/2025

SOLD

Location: Butler, KY

BSKR 0023 Zephyros of Barfield Southern Kiko Ranch
2023 Model
100% New Zealand Kiko
Raised single on a surrogate (dam raised twins)
BW: 9.6 lbs
90D: 67.2 lbs

Unfortunately, I’m selling out of goats this year. Feel free to reach out with any questions!

05/20/2025

Hello everyone!

Due to unavoidable circumstances, I will be dispersing the entire herd this summer. I will have registered and commercial purebred and New Zealand does and bucks available beginning in mid to late August. All animals (besides this year’s kid crop) will be tested for CAE/Johnes/CL prior to sale in keeping with my yearly testing protocols. I will begin to post available animals starting in late June. In the meantime, feel free to reach out with any questions about the herd!

05/11/2024

Disease Testing - 10th May, 2024

I decided to do our disease testing a little earlier this year since I’m aiming for a Thanksgiving kidding season. Glad to see another year of test negative across the board!

01/09/2024

Almost done…

Some ladies decided to kid later than their contemporaries. We only have one commercial doe left to kid, but she looks like she may still be a month out. Once she is done, I’ll put out the kid stats for this season. Overall, I have enjoyed the kidding season far more than last year. Hopefully next season can be even better!
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DECEMBER 28th, 2023
JWB L89B “Europa” x MWS Nomad
- Doeling 267: 4lbs
- Buckling 268: 5lbs 6oz
- Buckling 269: 2lbs 15oz
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DECEMBER 29th, 2023
Arcana x PBG Duke of Hazard
- Buckling 270: 5lbs 7oz
- Buckling 271: 6lbs 8oz
- Buckling 272: 5lbs 13oz
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JANUARY 8th, 2024
TNT Resistol’s 0012 “Nimueh” x MWS Nomad
- Buckling 273: 8lbs 5oz
- Doeling 274: 7lbs 10oz

12/24/2023

Kids galore!

This year, the majority of the doe herd kidded within a week. Only four more to go!
- TNT Resistol’s 0012 x MWS Nomad
- JWB L89B x MWS Nomad
- Arcana x PBG Duke of Hazard
- Little Brownie x Tarzan

I will be making two does available this year - DDH Little Danni and TMK 0390 - so be on the lookout for these ladies later in the season! Feel free to reach out with any questions.
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DECEMBER 13th, 2023
BBA 159 x BSKR Zephyros
- Doeling 234: 6lbs
- Buckling 235: 5lbs 15oz
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DECEMBER 14th, 2023
BBA 152 x Tarzan
- Buckling 237: 6lbs 8oz
- Doeling 238: 5lbs 12oz
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DECEMBER 15th, 2023
BBA 128 x BSKR Zephyros
- Buckling 239: 6lbs 13oz
- Buckling 240: 6lbs

Tarot x PBG Duke of Hazard
- Buckling 241: 6lbs 7oz
- Buckling 242: 7lbs

Gala x PBG Duke of Hazard
- Buckling 243: 5lbs 12oz
- Buckling 244: 6lbs 4oz
- Buckling 245: 6lbs 2oz

DDH Little Danni x MWS Nomad
- Buckling 246: 5lbs 10oz
- Doeling 249: 5lbs 5oz

Juju x PBG Duke of Hazard
- Doeling 248: 7lbs 12oz
- Buckling 249: 7lbs 3oz
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DECEMBER 16th, 2023
BBA 184 x Tarzan
- Buckling 250: 6lbs

TMK 0390 x MWS Nomad
- Buckling 251: 6lbs 15oz
- Doeling 252: 4lbs 11oz
- Buckling 253: 6lbs 3oz

JNR Titans Ren x MWS Nomad
- Doeling 254: 6lbs 11oz

BBA 139 x BSKR Zephyros
- Doeling 255: 6lbs 13oz
- Buckling 256: 6lbs
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DECEMBER 17th, 2023
BBA 107 Tranquility x MWS Nomad
- Buckling 257: 7lbs 5oz
- Buckling 258: 5lbs 15oz

JNR Ingrid’s Red x MWS Nomad
- Buckling 259: 7lbs 2oz
- Buckling 260: 6lbs 5oz

TNT Meter Maid Y245 x MWS Nomad
- Doeling 261: 6lbs 2oz
- Doeling 262: 6lbs 2oz

TNT Resistol’s Y311 x MWS Nomad
- Buckling 263: 7lbs 9oz
- Doeling 264: 6lbs 7oz
- Doeling 265: 5lbs 6oz

JNR Buckeye’s Tank x MWS Nomad
- Buckling 266: 5lbs 5oz

12/11/2023

It has begun! Kidding officially started Saturday with one of our first fresheners.

9th December 2023
BBA 171 x Unknown Buck
- Buckling: 7 lbs 1 oz

11th December 2023
DOG Gunnar’s Sequoia x MWS Nomad
- Doeling: 6 lbs 12 oz
- Buckling: 5 lbs 9 oz

11/13/2023

Kidding season is now about 1 month away!

The doe herd received their pre-kidding CD&T vaccinations, lymph node palpations, and general health checkups. I am glad to note that the entire doe and doeling herd palpated normal, but we will continue to monitor for CL as we move into a period of increased immunological stress.

10/07/2023

08/10/2023

An important note when testing your herd:

“TRUST YOUR INTUITION!”

Disease testing is a great way to monitor your herd’s health. However, blood work is not 100% foolproof and has a margin of error in its reporting accuracy. Various blood panels are evaluated using ‘sensitivity’ and ‘specificity’ measures:

Sensitivity - A test’s ability to successfully identify an animal with disease as POSITIVE. A test with low sensitivity is more prone to providing FALSE NEGATIVES: indicating a diseased animal is healthy even when they aren’t. A high sensitivity allows us to confidently say a positive is truly positive.

Specificity - A test’s ability to successfully identify a healthy animal as NEGATIVE. A test with low specificity is more prone to providing FALSE POSITIVES: indicating a healthy animal has a disease even when they do not. A high specificity allows us to confidently say a negative is truly negative.

ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) is a common diagnostic method used in the detection of antibodies specific to caseous lymphadenitis. However, the test’s sensitivity and specifity are variable across testing facilities, testing methods, and even across herds. While the tool is excellent for broad monitoring of herd health, it cannot and should not replace hands-on palpation and observation of your stock at the individual level.

Despite my hopes that a second bout of testing would prove 142 CLA-free, palpation uncovered a supramammary abscess (suggesting a false negative result). Considering the evolving state of CLA control within the herd, the presence of an abscess in a lymph node region (although an uncommon presentation) led to the decision to terminally remove 142 from the herd.

07/12/2023

It’s that time of year again!

Once again, I am switching up the breeding season.

In 2021, we kidded in April/May.
In 2022, we kidded in February/March.
In 2023, we kidded in January.

Now we are kidding in… December! (Hopefully)

While I don’t particularly like kidding out in the cold months (by far, late February/early March has been my favorite), it aligns far better with the ideal market and my availability. For the next four years, we will be on the December schedule to ensure that I can be present to manage the kidding season.

Happy goating!

06/28/2023

Some of this year’s retained doelings enjoying their last few days on mom before weaning begins. These ladies are sired by Tarzan and MWS Nomad.