Ahart Acres

Tennessee and Mini Silky Fainting Goats and Muscovy Ducks

About Us

Welcome to our webpage! Ahart Acres is proud to have Oregon's winningest Fainting Goat herd in Oregon! We are located just outside of Lebanon, Oregon in an area called Sodaville which is a very small unincorporated town in the Willamette Valley. We purchased a small herd of Myotonics from Arizona back in 2005.  In our first year, we sold all of the original bucks and purchased three new bucks. These young bucks all have different qualities that we would like to add to our expanding herd.  This will also allow us to offer a greater variety of kids to sell by adding different coat lengths, colors, size, and blue eyes to our herd. All of our goats are registered with the MGR (Myotonic Goat Registry), and some were previously registered with the IFGA, so they are double registered. In finding the myotonic goat, we have found the perfect animal for us. Easy on the fences, parasite resistant, excellent mothers, and above all personality plus! Once you look into the eyes of a "fainting goat", I'm sure you'll agree, they are a rare treasure and we can't imagine life without them.

A Breeders Life

A Breeders Life.....


A Breeder (with a capital B) is one who thirsts for knowledge and never really knows it all, one who wrestles with decisions of conscience, convenience, and commitment. One that shares this knowledge and guides those interested.

A Breeder is one who sacrifices personal interests, finances, time, friendships, fancy furniture, and deep pile carpeting! She gives up the dreams of a long luxurious cruise in favor of turning that all important show into this year's "vacation".
 
The Breeder goes without sleep in hours spent planning a breeding or watching anxiously over the birth process, and afterwards, over every little wiggle or cry.

The Breeder skips dinner parties because that doe is due or the kids have to be fed at eight. She disregards birth fluids and puts mouth to mouth, to save a gasping newborn, literally blowing life into a tiny helpless creature that may be the culmination of a lifetime of dreams.
 
A Breeder's lap is a marvelous place where animals of proud and noble heritage often snooze.
 
A Breeder's hands are strong and firm and often soiled, but ever so gentle and sensitive to the thrusts of a kids wet nose.

A Breeder's back and knees are usually arthritic from bending and sitting in the kidding stall,  but are strong enough to guide that new little kid to maturity.
 
A Breeder's shoulders are often heaped with responsibility, but they're wide enough to support the weight of a thousand defeats and frustrations.
 
A Breeder's arms are always able to wield a mop, rake, or shovel, support an armful of kids, or lend a helping hand to a newcomer.

A Breeder's ears are wondrous things, sometimes red (from being talked about), or strangely shaped (from being pressed against a phone receiver). Often deaf to criticism, yet always fine tuned to the cry of an anxious kid.
 
A Breeder's brain is foggy on faces, but can recall pedigrees faster than an IBM computer.
 
The Breeder's heart is often broken, but it beats strongly with hope everlasting.......and it's always in the right place! Oh, yes, there are breeders, and then, there are Breeders!!!

Author Unknown

 

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The kids are here!!!! We have a great bunch of kids to choose from this year, all different colors, blue eyes, and polled! See them all in the kids 2010 album, and reserve your today. All kids will be able to be shown at the show, it's gonna be a blast, you will not want to miss it!

Don't forget the Oregon Fainting Goat Show July 10th & 11th 2010. Oregon's first fainting goat show! Can't make it to the show, don't miss out on the fun, show in the Oregon Virtual Fainting Goat Show, entries being accepted now through April 6th. This is a fundraiser for the Oregon show, and will be great fun! See all the details at:

http://www.oregonfaintinggoatshow.com            


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Lisa Ohling

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Herd Health


We tested our herd in October 2008, all negative for CL and CAE.

Fainting Goats

The Tennesee Fainting Goat can be traced back to the 1880's to Marshall County, Tennessee. They are also known as Myotonic Goats, Nervous Goats, Scare Goats, Fainters, or Wooden Leg Goats depending on what part of the country you are in. The goats do not actually faint, they have a genetic characteristic (myotonia congenita), which causes their muscles to stiffen up on them. When they are startled or surprised they will stiffen up and often fall over, this usually only lasts 10 to 15 seconds and then they are up and around like nothing ever happened. This is not painful for them and does not effect their lifespan.  Fainting goats are considered meat goats and have about 40% more muscle than the average dairy goat of the same size



How to Contact Us-click on our name to send us an e-mail!

ahartacres@yahoo.com  


Lisa Ohling  and Allan Ahart - owners

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