RUSH CREEK FARMS

Rush Creek Farms is located on the fertile prairie soils of east-central Illinois just outside of Champaign-Urbana. The 15 acre farm was established in 2005 and is owned and operated by Andrew and Jennifer Miller... Since starting in 2006, we have found that not every goat is suited to producing in a forage-only environment. Over the years, we have culled 3x the number of does we have kept because they could not withstand the rigors of raising kids on pasture and hay only. Many were commercial does, but several were high-dollar pedigreed goats - all went to slaughter. As a result of the above, we shifted our focus. Initially we intended on breeding registered 100% New Zealand Kikos, but soon discovered that breeders were not culling to improve the breed and that slaughter buyers did not like the look of the Kiko (and after all, aren't we all supplying MEAT goats, no matter what the pedigree says?) We have since started breeding for a crossbred meat goat using Kiko, Boer and Savanna..