Along with raising our family and our outside jobs as a nurse and commercial artist, we have been gardening/farming on a small scale for most of our lives. We have always had horses and chickens and, off and on, we had goats, because they are wonderful critters. 

  However, our goats often  presented containment problems. They would jump, climb or go under our fencing and find their way to our front yard to eat our flowers and rose bushes before we could round them up again.  We finally sold our herd of Angoras when we moved from Georgia to West Virginia.  Years later, while still living in WV, we decided that we wanted to have goats again and began doing research into what breed might not be too much trouble to maintain in our horse pastures.

    We mainly wanted a smaller type goat that would help keep the underbrush controlled. At first, I wondered why anyone would want goats that "faint".

However, "Fainting goats" don't actually faint or pass out. Due to their condition called Myotonia, they "stiffen" when excited or startled, and they can fall over, but most of the time, they can run and play like any goat, everything about them appealed to us! 

 After we retired and moved our farm to NW Virginia, we began breeding 100% Myotonics on a small scale. 

   Myotonics are considered a meat breed, however, due to the fact that they are considered a "threatened" or "at risk" species, using them as a meat source is not what are selling them for. They are really a multipurpose breed in that they are amazing companions, wonderful 4H projects, great for brush clearing,  and entertaining pets who really seem to enjoy humans ! They do not try to escape any sensible fencing because they can't really climb fence without stiffening. They are lovable and easy to catch. 

The advantages of owning Myotonics is undeniable!

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