Many Rocks Farm is a 40 acre family owned and operated farm dedicated to the breeding of quality, performance-tested meat goats. We use Kiko, Boer, and some dairy breeds in our commercial production herd program. We understand that the success of every commercial goat farm depends upon quality performance genetics in the field. We do not sell registered seed stock that doesn't meet the strict standards for our own farm to other producers. Selecting for the best performing sires and dams and culling out those that don't demonstrate the genetic potential to improve our herd, has allowed us to advance the overall performance of the Many Rocks herd over the years. Our dedicated efforts toward improving our herd and what we can offer our customers continues!

Goats in pretty colors and designing fancy pedigrees on paper are not what Many Rocks Farm is about. There are plenty of places to go if that is what a producer is interested in. We greatly admire the Kiko breed (our predominant goat breed of choice) and the superior performance characteristics that were used by the original developers of the breed in New Zealand. We use those same principals to guide our breeding and culling decisions. We believe in keeping detailed records and doing on-farm performance testing. We are also participating in the TSU On-Farm Testing Program, the Kiko EPD Program, and the Kiko EPD Reference Sire Program. Many Rocks Farm also consigns buck kids each year to the independent Western Maryland Pasture-Based Performance Test. We have learned that true 'performance' goes way beyond just calculating an average daily gain (ADG) for a goat kid.

The Many Rocks Farm primary culling criteria for our meat goat herd are as follows (in order):

• Parasite Resistance
• Mothering Ability (A dam's ability to birth easily, strongly bond to her kids, and raise them successfully to weaning without special interventions)
• 90-day weaning weights, 150-day post-weaning weights, and associated Performance Ratios
• Body Length, Depth, and Width, in that order