Fainter goats pros and cons?

You can milk any breed goat. You just may not get a lot and they may not have a long lactation. Myotonic is a meat breed.

I thought they were a meat breed but wasn’t 100% sure. I don’t know you can milk any breed but the milk supply of meat goats is lower. It would be great if they were more like Kinders. Good milk supply but also nice and thick. Plus they have that added bonus of being fainters, like my dad wants. I feel like if we did happen to get one that faints and never gets back up again that is just a waste of money.

If you are wanting milk, I would get a milk breed.

Remember, fainters cannot get away from danger.

Not getting up again, not sure on that .

@Moers kiko boars raises them.

Minehave always gotten back up. Ne er heard or seen that. The Myotonics I have are great mothers. Ive never milked one. Their teats are small. They are considered a dual purpose breed. They have small, medium and Large myotonics. The Temnessee Meat goat was created from this breed. So I would talk to people whom actually raise them. Mine are more worm resistant and overall more healthy than my boers or boer xs. They are an easy breed to maintain.

Moers kiko boars said:

Minehave always gotten back up. Ne er heard or seen that. The Myotonics I have are great mothers. Ive never milked one. Their teats are small. They are considered a dual purpose breed. They have small, medium and Large myotonics. The Temnessee Meat goat was created from this breed. So I would talk to people whom actually raise them. Mine are more worm resistant and overall more healthy than my boers or boer xs. They are an easy breed to maintain.

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Oh ok! Thanks! We are talking about having a few meat goats so that’s why I was wondering about the milk too. I’ve already got small teats with my nigies. Lol I want a breed where I can keep the bucklings for the freezer and sell the doelings I don’t want because there are so few does or any breed for sale around here I know I wouldn’t have any trouble selling them. The reason I was asking about the milk is because the doelings kept would be used to milk. Not sure if we are going towards fainters though. There are more kikos for sale than Kinders or fainters.

KY Goat Girl said:

I have always wanted a myotonic but I’ve heard from several different people that they may faint and never get back up again. I was wondering if any of you fainter owners have ever experienced anything like that with your goats. Also, are they a dual purpose breed? Or just meat or just milk? And are they pretty parasite resistant? Just wondering since a few registered myotonic kids just came up for sale near us. @Moers kiko boars? Don’t you have fainters?

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Falling down and never getting back up? No. Or rather, lol, no more likely to than any other goat.

They are a meat breed. In fact, they boast the highest meat to bone ratio of all meat breeds. I've never researched it, but they are a very muscular breed. I do not know if they are more parasite resistant than other breeds. Mine do quite well, but I do bolus with copper 3x a year which helps significantly.

I lost a Nigerian buck to dogs once, a while back. No fainters. My fainters are accustomed to the dogs and aren't "startled" by them enough to react. They will run from dogs, though. And, ironically, running is not always the best tactic. Unfortunately, domestic dogs who go after livestock are generally doing it for sport, and tend to pursue the runners. They are not well attuned predators. I also raise herding dogs.