Welcome to Faint-Hearted Ranch 

We truly love our Myotonics!  They make great pets, excellent lawnmowers/ weedeaters and are always there to give us a good laugh!  We are members of the ALBC, MGR and the IFGA.  Myotonic Goats are a wonderful breed that we believe needs to be preserved.  We hope you enjoy our site and look forward to hearing from you.

Here are the kids playing on their "jungle gym"

Myotonic goats as a breed originated in Tennessee.  We now have Tennessee strains, Texas strain and minis.  Although ALL are the same breed and still come from the same initial stock.  Myotonics range in size from 17-26 in. at the withers. Some are even larger although it is not preferred. They come in all colors and hair lengths and can be horned, polled or disbudded. 

Some breed characteristics that apply or should apply to all Myotonic goats are their somewhat bug eyed appearance, they also have a prominent stop below their eyes.  They should have a somewhat stocky appearance, although too wide is considered a fault since it can impede their adaptability to all terrain.   

The Tennessee Fainting Goat is in the meat goat category. Known for high meat to bone ratio,as their myotonia tends to increase muscle tone. This medium sized goat is easy to raise, exhibits qualities such as excellent mothering skills, easy gain on browse (no concentrates) and high parasite resistance. 

Fainting goats are listed in the American Livestock Breed Conservancy's Conservation Priority List. It is important to preserve this rare breed, and easy to do so, given the fainting goat's fit to most of America's climate. They definitely thrive where other meat goats fail to deal with the damp, sometimes cold hills of Tennessee and similar temperate areas.

In the 80's a pet market emerged for Fainting Goats, it seems that the quirky myotonic behavior is also seen as a novelty. The Myotonic goats are calm, easily trained and make wonderful pets.  On our ranch they seem to think they are dogs instead of goats. We always have a goat following us around the property trying to "help" with farm chores. 

Our goats are IFGA and/or MGR registered.   Most of our fainters have bright blue eyes and are polled. (born without horns)

                                                Our 2009 kids are here!!!