Raven's Rest Farm
Preserving the Myotonic Meat Goat,building quality stock
Raven's Rest Farm
Tennessee Fainting Goats~We take pride in our breeding stock
Avery's Twins: Raven's Rest Ezio (Buck) & Raven's Rest Emory (Doe)
They are a beautiful chocolate/bronze color with white
Welcome to Raven's Rest Farm. We raise a variety of animals on our farm, the Fainting Goat is the primary animal we breed. Fainting Goats have a condition called Myotonia Congenita. Their muscles experience a contraction when the goat is startled or surprised which in turn makes the goat fall over, lasting between 10-15 seconds. They do not actually pass out, it's just an appearance of such which gave these goats their name. They are also known as Tennessee Fainting Goats, Nervous Goats and Scare Goats. I've seen the younger goats faint from excitement as they come running at feeding time. The older adults, especially does, seem to learn to "balance" themselves , still creating a stiff appearance without falling over. They stiffen and drag their back legs along for a brief period of time, then go on about their way like nothing happened.
As the story goes, in the early 1800's, a man named John Tinsley came to Marshall County Tennessee from Nova Scotia. With him he brought 4 Fainting Goats and one small cow (some have said it was a Zebu). From there, the breed was started in the United States. Fainters have become popular over the years for several reasons. They do not possess the ability to climb or jump like other breeds of goats due to their myotonia, they make excellent mothers and their muscular build is valuable for meat production. The original color is said to be black and white, my personal favorite. We also have some red and whites who are beautiful as well.
Most of our goats originate from the long breeding lines of the Tennessee Fainters. My friend Wes Autry and his family have been raising Fainting Goats for nearly 50 years. Most breeders in the state of Florida have been raising Fainters for less than 15 years. He and his family reside in Tennessee, check out his web site at: www.autryfarms.com, they have some beautiful goats. They have the herd prefix which belongs to his family, HALR or Autry Farms.
We started out with one buck and one doe, we are now at 50 plus Fainters. I love them all. These beautiful, majestic creatures will steal your heart.
Ring Around the Pinetree
Our goats have guardian angels
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