New baby goats!!

[heathersboers]

Here goes- they are myotonics-fainting goats .... both are lil boys

sadly- i am selling all of my myos- our boers have kidded also, and we are out of room...

I am still trying to find a way to keep these 3.....by selling something else

I love the white one- he looks like a chihuahua...and is soooo sweet!!

 

[Attack Chicken]

If only I had the room!

AC

 

[lilshadow]

Your babies are so cute.

 

[TeamChaos]

Soooooo cute!

 

[Annie weas]

I want to start raiseing goats again at one time milking 30 milk goats that was in mn.

 

[flemingfeather]

So cute!! Goats are my favorite. We have 3 nigerian dwarfs.

 

[ladyhawk124]

I saw a video of Fainting goats...i never laughed so hard. What makes them freeze up a fall?

 

[Stacykins]

I saw a video of Fainting goats...i never laughed so hard. What makes them freeze up a fall?

A genetic defect, basically, called myotonia congentia. Their skeletal muscles experience a prolonged contraction after they are startled. Think about it, if many of your muscles suddenly contracted and stayed that way, would you be able to remain upright? The goat remains fully conscious during the period of muscle contraction.

FYI, Annie Weas revived a dead thread from 2011. The original poster on this topic has long since left. Reviving dead threads is poor forum etiquette, but gives me the opportunity to post this picture: