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Black Creek, NY

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Started in March 2005 Slate Brook Farm is owned and operated by Thomas and Julie Kenyon.  We are located in Western New York State, Allegany County approximately 75 miles South of Rochester.  We have two sons, Michael (18) and Brian (16), and we all share in providing our livestock with the special care and attention they need. We must say our animals are quite spoiled.
        
At Slate Brook Farm we raise a variety of animals.  However, we have found our first love to be the fainting goat.  Fainting goats are also known as nervous goats, wooden leg goats, scared goats or Tennessee Fainting Goats.  Fainting goats get their name from a condition known as myotonia congenita.  This harmless condition presents itself when the goat is startled or excited.  The goats' leg muscles stiffen causing them to walk with stiff  legs and/or fall over to the ground with their legs rigid.  The fainting goat's docile nature and unique trait make this animal an easy, fun breed to raise.
            
Some Fainted Pictures


Over the past couple year we have been carefully selecting our herd and presently have around 40 goats. Our goats  have come from locations in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, New York, Oklahoma and New Hampshire from experienced, registered breeders.  This has allowed us to expand our herd with the pedigrees of different breeders and to have bucks and does that are not related for future breeding.  We have mostly small to medium size fainters in variety of colors, long and short hair and some with blue eyes.  Our goal is to produce healthy, structurely correct myotonics with great dispositions.



We are  proud members of the Myotonic Goat Registry (MGR) and the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC).   You can read more about this breed of goat on either of these websites.  


Results of our 1st two goat shows at the NJ State Fair



         
Visitors are always welcome at Slate Brook Farm and we have enjoyed those who have already dropped by, especially the little ones.
     

   

Our Family

Dozer
Dozer has been part of our family since 1996.  He is a lab/boxer mix and we could not ask for a better dog. He is constantly by our sides and  enjoys time in  the barn but would rather keep his distance from the goats because they tend to pick on him.


Brandi
Bradi is a rescue dog who found us in the Spring of 1997.  She is a small sheppard mix and is Julie's baby girl.  She was very thin and had obviously not been treated very well by her previous owner.  She is forever greatful to us and has been the best herd dog.  She does an excellent job helping us to round up our goats and llamas when they make that unexpected escape from the pasture fencing.
     
Lucy  
Lucy, our great pyrenees, came to us in August 2007 and has grown into a beautiful young lady.  She was just what we needed after we lost Geoffrey our family golden retriever to cancer in April.  She loves her time in the barn with us when we are doing chores and is learning her rank among the goats.  Lucy will hopefully become a great livestock guard dog for us but I think we spoiled her too much as she would rather be in the house enjoying our companionship rather than that of the goats. Thank you to Kathy Mason and family from Albion, NY.  




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Contact Information:
Thomas and Julie Kenyon
6455 Habgood Road
Black Creek, NY 14714
716-307-0659


slatebrookfarm@wildblue.net