Joyful Oaks Farm

09/05/2026

What an awesome set of data. I love analyzing data from these buck test and man did Dr Rachel Gibbs and staff at the NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center give the meat goat breeders a massive amount of info to better the product! Only thing lacking is FEC and all the other tests focus on that so I think this test provides plenty!
Here are the stats for my 3 bucks (had 4 but 1 got pneumonia) and a pic of my #8 overall performance Kiko Buck out of GFI RM Keeper II 827 and MCT AJAX’s UNI.

64 Bucks Tested
Overall Performance (Growth & Carcass)
10, 37, 39 (8th Kiko Only)
Growth (ADG and WDA)
13, 16, 50
Carcass (REA and Muscle)
17,18,58
ADG Only
7,11,28 ( #1 Overall Boer Buck Tied for 7 with me)

Congrats to everyone and special Thanks to Joseph Miles of Two One Seven Farms- and Bill Francis of Bill Stoneycreek Kikos for hauling my animals to and from North Dakota!

08/17/2026

These two have had quite a ride this week. Oklahoma to Kansas to Tennessee. I am super excited about what they could add to Joyful Oaks. Thanks to S&S Kikos for consigning these girls, MacTavish Farmstead for hands on feedback from the sale, Top Livestock for making a way to buy 4 states away, and Andy Roller for hauling back to Tennessee. It takes a village!

08/02/2026

August 1st at Joyful Oaks Kiko Farm means one things. Bucks In! The weather did not agree but we pushed through and got it done. AI does were preg. checked this morning at 35 days and anyone pregnant was added to the doeling field. As you can see it poured rain the entire time. Does split pretty evenly between this years lineup:
GFI RM Keeper II 827
JOF Windrock WV25 (Keeper II son)
JOF 414 Broadhead (GFI 414 son)

07/21/2026

Animals in their winter locations:

- 9 Keeper II yearlings getting bred next week, 2 for Appalachian Kiko Invitational, 7 for me
- 14 2026 doelings, 2 for AKI, 12 for me.

Not many make my cut, but after that I have a hard time sharing!

07/20/2026

The other small ruminant on the farm. Watch that tail go!
Joyful Oaks Farm

07/19/2026

JOF Windrock WV25, West Virginia 2025 #7 ADG, #21 FEC, #15 Overall. 145 lbs at 15 months on mainly what you see in the video. He will get half the normal herd this year.

07/15/2026

Been a minute since a farm update.
- 2026 AI’s completed 16 days ago and have only seen 1 flagging!
- CIDR’s went in yearlings yesterday for July 27th intro to buck. I kept a passel of nice Keeper II yearlings, seemed like a good year to do it with KII getting up in years and yearling market being lower. Yearling does will be confirmed bred to a yearling AI buck out of GFI 414 (moose over Dotti)
- Have 2 special doelings and 2 of the KII special bred yearlings planned for Appalachian Kiko Invitational AKI, including the pictured red and white AI doeling out of never before sold at auction GFI 414 (Moose over Dotti).

05/04/2026

One of our lots is now living her best life in Texas!

Check Out The New Additions To The Farm

05/03/2026

We would like to thanks New Green Country Invitational for the invite and great sale weekend and a special thanks to Lance Shay and Josh Lappin with Bois D' Arc Kiko Goats for taking home our consignments to work on their farms.

05/02/2026

This is a great group of animals. I will be traveling back to Tennessee tomorrow and have plenty of room in my trailer. Bid with confidence on Top Livestock and I will be glad to haul. Sale starts at 1PM CDT or 2 PM EST!