When we ran across these ever so versatile Myotonic goats, we knew they were for us! Gentle, hardy, parasite resistant…what more could you ask for? Fainting Goats are definitely the ‘easy keepers’ in the world of goat raising. There are a lot of websites out there that tell all about the history of this breed so I won’t take up a lot of space with it. Other descriptive names you might hear Fainters called are, Wooden Leg, Stiff Leg, Nervous Goats, and Scare Goats, among others. Their origin is thought to trace back to the early 1800′s in Tennessee. Their temperaments are very laid back and gentle. They are easy kidders and excellent mothers and are also known to not be challenging to your fences.
See our herd: Does, Kids, and Herd Sires
We had been breeding Mini Nubians for over 2 years when we decided to look into another breed to add since along the way, we had many people ask us if we have meat goats for sale. We really didn’t want to limit ourselves to just the meat goat market if we were going to start into another breed and we certainly wanted a hardy, easy to care for breed. Was there such a thing out there? A breed of goat that makes a good pet and good BBQ? You bet there is!
Our first Fainting Goats joined us here in the Fall of 2005, when we traded one of our Nubian does for a buck originally bred at Bedrock Meadows and a little doeling. We later purchased some does from Coyote Creek, and have kept adding from there. At first we leaned more towards liking the black and white’s, but have since added lot’s of different colors to our herd as well as different bloodlines.
Fainting Goats have been a wonderful addition to our farm and we are looking forward to many years of raising them here! In fact, it didn’t take us long to decide to totally sell out of the Mini Nubians to make more time and space for the Fainters!
