our farm

goals

photo gallery

contact us

Bluestem Farms gets its name from the dominate native warm-season grasses that comprise the pastures. Only 20 acres are in pasture with the remaining 40 acres in forest and cutover.

Wild game abounds in the vegetation of indigenous caning fruits, vining plants and other deciduous and coniferous browse. Rotation of the goats and forestry activity strikes at a balance to ensure farm and animal health.

Robie and Angie Robinson moved to Amelia to provide a pastoral setting for their children. Goats, Boers specifically, were introduced to provide a continuous source of meat for family and fertilizer for the gardens. Our experience with the unsuitability of the Boer, in the southeast, as a low input meat source led us to the Kiko goat.

The Kiko Goat

Since you are at this site, you are probably already familiar with the history and establishment of the Kiko as a true meat goat breed. Its recent establishment includes a breadth of heterogeneity made obvious in its early maturity, invaluable maternals, and rapid growth.

The Kiko's genetic map must be remembered to have originated from a climate not unlike the southeast United States. This state of origin only furthers the Kiko's reputation as a "live anywhere on anything" meat goat breed. We (our family slaughters for personal consumption) enjoy the high percent meat yield and low to zero chemical dependency of the Kiko goat, thus providing a low input, clean and healthy protein source - solving the world's protein shortage two kids at a time.

the IKGA

the AKGA