About Us
Cutie Goats is a small farm, located in McKinney. We raise fainting goats and specialize in quality fainters, which are mini sized and make great pets on small farms. We also breed for strong fainting genes, because what’s a fainting goat if it doesn’t faint.
Our story
Special thanks to everyone who has helped us on this crazy GOAT journey!
In 2017, we originally had two Nigerian Dwarf goats, Rosie and Pearl. They were very sweet and fun, but they were constantly escaping and causing trouble. On more than one occasion, we came home to find them in our neighbor’s yard, munching away at his decorative plants. Turns out they were using an electrical box to catapult themselves over the fence. And while our neighbor was very kind about it, we knew something had to change.
In the summer of 2018, we started researching Fainting Goats. They have a special muscle condition called Myotonia, which means their muscles stiffen and lock up when they try to step up too high or get overly excited or suddenly scared. This means that they are great for keeping as pets because they aren’t escape artists like other breeds of goats. If they loose their balance when their muscles stiffen, they sometimes fall over or faint. They are always fully conscious, so they never actually faint, but that is where they got the name of Fainting Goats or Myotonics (named after their muscle condition). It does not affect the kids’ ability to jump and play.
Studies show that “fainting” does not hurt the goats whatsoever. They only “faint” occasionally when they get overly excited, scared, or off balance from trying to climb to high, and it only lasts 3-10 seconds. When they “faint”, they won’t faint again for a few minutes until their muscles relax again.
After researching, we re-homed our Nigerian Dwarf Goats to a good home, and bought three Fainting Goats… only to find that they didn’t “faint”. At all.
So we searched some more, and found that there are two types of fainting goats. Those raised for meat and those raised as novelty animals. Because Fainting Goats are very muscular, many people enjoy raising them for meat, but in the breeding process, some have ignored their awesome fainting gene and have almost bred the faint out of their Fainting goats. Then there are those who purposefully raise and breed “true” fainting goats and many registries, such as MGR and IFGA, have tried to bring back these Fainting Goats.
So, we dived into the world of registered Fainting Goats, and currently have around 20 goats. We purposefully selected our original flock to breed for quality animals suitable as pets and breeding stock for small farms. We raise two types of fainting goats, Mini Fainting Goats (which are around 21-22 inches tall full-grown) and show-quality Fainting Goats (which mature to be about 24-28 inches tall). None are as big as standard-sized goats such as Nubians and Kikos. Our herd has tested negative for CL, Johnes, and CAE yearly so you can be confident that any goats from us will be disease-free.
We offer our goats quality hay and access to water at all times. For treats, we feed a mixture of Tractor Supply Sweet Feed, sunflower seeds, and a small amount of corn. I will give them beats and alfalfa if I am trying to get them to gain weight. Keep bucks and wethers at a 2:1 calcium/phosphorous ratio to prevent urinary calculi. Any feed labeled specifically for goats should be balanced correctly for them.
Goat care is an important part of raising goats. This includes fencing, feeding, de-worming, minerals, and shelter. To see our list of the top care priorities, click the list icon above (coming soon).
If you are interested in buying from us, you may want to glance at our terms of sale page. We do not sell our goats as food. Click the check mark icon above to see more.