Elizabeth Shires

Ironstone Shire raises dairy crosses in Colorado, with a particular focus on San Clemente Island goats. Elizabeth Shires breeds goats whose bucks come from show and milk lines, and she breeds once a year in the spring. Kids are registered with ADGA and/or AGS. Let me now write the description using these verified details.

Elizabeth Shires raises dairy cross goats at Ironstone Shire in Colorado, with a central focus on the San Clemente Island goat, a critically endangered heritage breed.

Ironstone Shire's program is oriented around preservation as much as production. The San Clemente Island goat once numbered over 15,000 on its namesake island off the California coast before being eradicated in the 1980s, and today's population stands at roughly 1,700 known individuals. The program participates in the broader San Clemente Island goat community through selective breeding and collaboration with other preservation-focused breeders.

Bucks on the farm come from strong show and milk lines and are selected for gentle temperaments alongside productive traits. Breeding happens once a year, with kids arriving in spring and early summer. All kids are dam-raised, disbudded, tattooed, de-wormed, and current on CD&T vaccines before leaving the farm, and they go home with ADGA and/or AGS registration papers or applications. Buyers looking for dairy cross goats in Colorado will find a program with a clear breed-conservation mission behind every pairing.

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