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Diamond "S" Ranch is owned and operated solely by us, Sam and Carol Stafford. We are located on 50 acres in South Central Texas, approximately 25 miles south of San Antonio. We’ve been raising goats since June 1999 and are members of the American Boer Goat Association, the American Kiko Goat Association and the American Meat Goat Association. We sell quality breeding stock to meat goat growers. All our breeding stock is registered and has included Boers, Kikos, Genemasters and Texas Genemasters. We may also have a limited number of percentage Kiko kids for sale.
We added Kiko genetics to our herd of ABGA-registered, fullblood Boers in 2002 when we purchased two 100% New Zealand progeny bucks from a goat grower in Athens, TX. We later added another purebred Kiko buck, then three 100% New Zealand progeny does bred by Ram-in-the-Bush, Goliad, TX. Reports show that Kiko genetics complement Boer genetics by adding parasite resistance, enhanced mothering instincts and a faster grow-out rate. So far, we have found that to be true. As part of our goal we have bred-up our own Texas Genemaster (5/8 Boer-3/8 Kiko) herd. This was a long process, and we were rewarded for our persistence with our first Texas Genemasters born in April 2005. Some of our Genemaster bucks are pictured below. As you can see, these adult bucks are really large animals.
Bloodlines: We currently have four separate Kiko bloodlines and thirteen Boer Ennoblements represented in our Texas Genemaster herd. Kiko bloodlines include Eastex Sam, JTV Samson, Caprinex Jolene, Goatex Confederate, Goatex Goldmine, Eastex Bob, Sunboy, Betula Hill Moneymaker, JTV Pocahontas, Goatex Gorgeous, RIB Nadine, and James Mayes, et al. Boer ennoblements include Kaptein, Frances, Mojo Magic, African Amy, Oakridge Hudson, Tamu, Sumo, Eggsorcist, Warpaint, Big 85, Lobola S.A., Pipeline and Eggsfile.
For quality meat goat bucks and does, be sure to look at our stock before you buy. If we don’t have what you are looking for right now, just check back with us later. We may have the perfect goat for you!
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Ditto (above left) and Topper (above right) are two of our homegrown Genemaster bucks. They are half Boer, half Kiko and sired many of our Texas Genemaster kids. Eastex Sam (right) is one of three of our original Kiko sires. He is purebred Kiko with 100% New Zealand (NZ) ancestry. He is the sire of Topper, pictured above and Buster, pictured below. Eastex Sam and Ditto have been sold, but their progeny are major influences in our Texas Genemaster herd.
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James Mayes, purebred Kiko buck is top left and Mo, Genemaster buck is top right. James Mayes is from Goats Unlimited stock and Mo represents our RIB Nadine, JTV Samson and Mojo Magic bloodlines.
Buster Brown (above, left) is an AKGA-registered Genemaster, ¾ Kiko, ¼ Boer. When bred to 100% Boer does, the kids are 5/8 Boer, 3/8 Kiko. If the does are registered the kids are registerable on the AKGA Texas Genemaster registry. Buster Brown was sired by Eastex Sam. He was born in Jan. 2005 and sired three sets of twins born in the spring of 2006.
T-Bo (above, right) is one of our AKGA-registered Genemaster (3/4 Boer, ¼ Kiko) bucks. When bred to ½ Boer, ½ Kiko does the progeny are 5/8 Boer, 3/8 Kiko. If the sire and dam are registered with the AKGA, the kids are registerable on the AKGA Texas Genemaster registry.
We do not show our goats, but our stock produces some excellent show-quality kids. Full blood and percentage wethers are normally available for sale from late Spring through early Fall. Our goats are maintained in semi-range conditions, with free-choice grass and browse, supplemented with grain/pellets and hay, as needed, to keep them hardy. We try not to coddle our goats. We want them to thrive while they are with us, but more than that, we want them to thrive in range conditions. However, we do pen our goats for kidding and in rare instances of illness or injury. In addition, our goats' health program includes chemical and non-chemical parasite control and vaccinations against enterotoxemia (over-eating disease) caused by Clostridium perfringens types C and D and tetanus. Breeding is natural.
(This page updated 12/11/06).
