Fainting Goat Junkie

WELCOME TO RUSTY BUCKET RANCH-RBR.Rusty Bucket Ranch-RBR is a small hobby farm located in Aberdeen Maryland (north east of Baltimore)in Harford County. where I raise Tennessee fainting goats. Here at RBR we have a variety of fainters, blue eyes, minis and polled just to name a few. All my goats are happy, healthy and very friendly. Currently I have 3 bucks and 12 does. I'm also a member of the Myotonic Goat Registry (M.G.R.). ITS ALL ABOUT PRESERVING THE BREED!!!! The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy lists the mtotonic goat as rare.we do not sell for meat !!! i am trying to preserve the breed not eat it lol :)Fainting goats are known by many names such as Nervous, Stiff Leg, Wooden Leg, Tennessee Scare Goats and myotonics.Fainting goats are easy to raise, they are easy kidders and excellent mothers. They are easy to contain as their Myotonia prevents them from being able to jump fences.Myotonia is the condition that causes Fainting goats to stiffen and/or fall over when startled or excited. This condition is caused by a combination of recessive genes. Fainting goats can show varying degrees of myotonia. When startled some will fall to the ground with their entire bodies perfectly stiff and rigid. Others will only stiffen in their limbs and not fall to the ground. The condition lasts for ten to fifteen seconds after which time the animal will rise and walk off stiff, still showing a noticeable degree of stiffness in their back limbs. After a short time this stiffness will disappear and they will walk and act like any other goat. In a myotonic state the animal is fully conscious and aware of its surroundings.fainting goats have an unusual history. Sometime during the 1870's a farm worker named John Tinsley showed up in Marshall County, Tennessee at the farm of Dr. Mayberry. No one knows where he came from. Tinsly brought with him three or four does and a buck. Tinsley suddenly left one day after selling the animals to Dr. Mayberry. This is the best documentation we have of the origin of the breed.my web site : www.freewebs.com/rustybucketranch

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