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Welcome to our Wonderful World of Fainting Goats...
Click on the link below to see what our local newspaper has to say about our special fainting goats: http://daily.gazette.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VGhlR2F6ZXR0ZS8yMDA4LzA5LzAyI0FyMDI5MTA=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
Bill and Cheryl Sellin welcome you to Spiritwood Ranch located on the high plains of Colorado, east of Colorado Springs, with a view of Pikes Peak framed in our front room picture window. The elevation is approximately 7200', the air is clean and the scenery is beautiful. The entire area is rich in Native American history. We purchased Spiritwood Ranch in 1998 to be our dream retirement home - one more year!
Spiritwood Ranch - truly our prize at the end of the rainbow!
The first fainting goats arrived in August of 2005. Cheryl badgered Bill long-distance while he was in Iraq with the Corp of Engineers to get his blessing for adding more critters to the growing family. They immediately captured her heart and when Bill arrived home safely in October, they stole his heart as well. Spiritwood Ranch strives for happy, healthy goats raised in a loving environment. We will place kids in a similar environment and never, knowingly, sell for meat purposes.
Fainting Goats are known by a number of descriptive terms such as Nervous, Stiff-leg, Wooden Leg, and Tennessee Scare goats. Myotonia is a condition caused by a combination of recessive genes that makes the goat stiffen and/or fall over when startled. The condition lasts for seconds after which time the goat will rise and walk off stiff. After a short time this stiffness will disappear and they will walk and act like any other goat. The animal is fully conscious and aware of its surroundings. In no way does this condition harm the animal. For more information on Myotonia, please visit the web sites below.
Proud Member of the following Associations:
Myotonic Goat Registry
Miniature Silky Fainting Goat Association
Site last updated 7/20/2010