Blue Bird Acres Toggenburgs   

We are selling out of Fainters the ones we have left will be marked for sale and with price. We will do breeding pairs and groups while they last. 

This year is going to be an exciting year for us here at Blue Bird Acres. In 2010 we are planning on focusing more on the dairy aspects of our farm. We are bring in some excellent Toggenburgs and are planning on starting our's and Destinee's show career in this wonderful breed. We will still continue to raise and breed fainting goats but we have cut down on the number of the fainters we have. We are still expecting several fainters does and Toggenburg does to start kidding in Feb. 2010. As always if there is anything we can do for you please let us know. 

 Thanks,

Richard, April, and Destinee Rogers

Blue Bird Acres

 TFG Rapheal

We are proud members of the myotonic goat registry.

Fainting Goats

We breed and sell quality Myotonic Goats. We were looking for a hardy goat to clear our property but we wanted pets, so after much research we decided on fainters. We bought a couple and fell in love with thier personality. So we decided to start breeding. We have many colors, sizes,  polled, horned, brown, and BLUE eyes. We are proud members of the myotonic goat registry.

A fainting goat is a breed of goat whose muscles freeze for roughly 10 seconds when the goat is startled. Though painless, this generally results in the animal collapsing on its side. The characteristic is caused by a hereditary genetic disorder called myotonia congenita. When startled, younger goats will stiffen and fall over. Older goats learn to spread their legs or lean against something when startled, and often they continue to run about in an awkward, stiff-legged shuffle.

Slightly smaller than standard breeds of goat, fainting goats are generally (17 to 25 in) tall and can weigh anywhere from (50 to 165 lb). They have large, prominent eyes in high sockets, and exist in as many colors as standard breeds do. Hair can be short or long, with certain individuals.

The origin of the fainting goat is peculiar. The goats appear to have arrived in Marshall County, Tennessee in the early 1800s, courtesy of a reclusive farm worker named Jon Tinsley who was most likely from Nova Scotia. Before he left the area, he sold his goats — three does and a buck — to Dr. H.H. Mayberry, who bred them.

Fainting goats have many other names, including Tennessee (Meat) Goats, Nervous Goats, Stiff-leg Goats, Wooden-leg Goats, and Tennessee Scare Goats.