{"id":432,"date":"2021-08-18T19:39:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T19:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/?page_id=432"},"modified":"2025-08-15T17:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:24:10","slug":"herd-sire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/?page_id=432","title":{"rendered":"Herd Sire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In the Spring of 2023 Shirley Family Farm welcomed <strong>VWD Iron Blue Boy<\/strong>, a New Zealander Kiko Buck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3872-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3872-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3872-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3872-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3872-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3872-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><strong>&#8220;Blue&#8221;<\/strong> comes to us from the Watson Farm Kikos in Western KY. His doelings and bucklings often feature his blue eyes and strong color patterns. We welcomed his first batch of kids in Spring of 2024 and also in spring of 2025. We are proud of the legacy he leaves in his does and future herdsires. Blue has a gentle personality, an impressive body structure, and a strong resemblance to his Grandsire, \u201cCOO Iron Horse.\u201d<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3860-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-663\" style=\"width:215px;height:287px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3860-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3860-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3860-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3860-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3860-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blue as a 1 year old future Sire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/portfolio_ironhorse_500x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/portfolio_ironhorse_500x310.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.shirleyfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/portfolio_ironhorse_500x310-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">COO Iron Horse, Grandsire of <strong>WVD Iron Blue Boy<\/strong>, as captured above from Pleasant Ridge Goats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Spring of 2023 Shirley Family Farm welcomed VWD Iron Blue Boy, a New Zealander Kiko Buck. &#8220;Blue&#8221; comes to us from the Watson Farm Kikos in Western KY. His doelings and bucklings often feature his blue eyes and strong color patterns. 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