Quality Fainting (myotonic) Goats
Pine Acres Farm . . . . Pine City, MN . . . . 612-390-1585
About us . . .
We're located in the woods of Minnesota about an hour north of the Twin Cities. We keep around twenty adult fainting goats. Some people prefer to call them myotonic. This is the term describing their genetic condition. Click on For Sale if you're looking to purchase goats. Click on Our Current Goats to see the goats we have now with links to photos of their parents. You can click here to email us: Pine Acres email |  |
Our goats . . .
We've purchased a variety of bloodlines from around the country. We're proud to have owned Buckaroo Bluff Sitting Bull, who was reserve Champion Buck at the 2005 Midwest Fainting Goat Show. He was second only to his father. His descendants are still in our herd. He's pictured here in our buck pasture.
In May of 2007 we went to Tennessee to get Woody Creek Farms Sylvester (we call him Rocky). Rocky is the son of multi-show winner Woody Creek Farms Mr. Jigilo. And from Kentucky, in May of 2008, we got our latest addition - B's Barn Farm Mickey Blue Eyes. His mother has two Junior Champion wins and one Grand Champion placing to her credit. Mickey's father placed 1st at the 2006 Goats, Music and More Festival in Tennessee. He also placed 2nd and 4th in later shows.
Although some folks pack many more goats into the same amount of space we have, we try to keep the permanent members of the herd around 15-20 head. This allows plenty of time for individual attention and observation, as well as greatly decreases the disease issues that arise with overcrowding.
We want hardy, easy-keeping goats that don't require lots of maintenance. We prefer medium-size goats with does around 80-100 lbs. and bucks around 125 lbs, although we have some smaller and some larger.
We strive for goats with substantial muscle. We also want nicely spaced, straight legs when viewed from front or rear. Good length of body and good heart girth. And a blending of all the parts to form a balanced animal.
Registering . . .
| Registering an animal means that basic information about that animal is recorded in a central location. In the case of fainting goats, being registered or unregistered has nothing to do with the quality of an animal. All our goats are registered with the Myotonic Goat Registry. For extended pedigrees of our goats and other information go to their website at www.myotonicgoatregistry.net |
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Disease status . . .
In 2005 we became aware we had several goats with CL. We culled all goats and started over on a "clean" portion of our property. There hasn't been an abcess on a goat since. Was culling our goats heartbreaking? You bet. But "managing" a disease was inconsistent with our goal of a healthy herd. We have continued to test regularly for CL, CAE and Johnne's diseases. No goat has ever tested positive for any of these diseases. Our latest testing was in June of 2007. We're happy to provide these test results to anyone requesting them.