Heritage Silky Fainting Goat Registry (HSFGR)

HSFGR was not created because goats were suddenly unregistrable elsewhere. It was created because our preservation goal is different. HSFGR has been developed over years of quiet planning and documentation. We place intentional emphasis on heritage traits, traditional structure, functional soundness, temperament, and long-term identity. We continue to refine and release materials in stages, so the registry works in real barns and real show rings, not just on paper, and still the Heart of HSFGR remains 

• Silky coat as an overlay-not the whole story

• Sound, functional structure

• Clear myotonic roots and heritage priorities

• Written rules and codes of conduct that don’t shift with personalities

• Same historical population, different long-term direction.

A goat may be registerable in more than one place, but not every registry is working from the same priorities or preserving for the same future. HSFGR was created to clearly define and protect a preservation-minded direction centered on heritage traits and traditional breed character.

HSFGR What We Offer

Give this document a quick read and then click your back button to continue your orientation of the HSFGR Barn.

A. “The Barn” is the HSFGR website, and it contains a large amount of information. With more than 100 pages built to date, instead of placing everything into one oversized menu, we organized the site into “rooms”.

Each "room" can be found in the main menu. Each room is a landing page that contain doorways leading deeper into information connected to that rooms subject. Doorways may be links, accordions, or tab type tools that hold more information. You will find quick Go-to or Jump-to areas, use these to Go-To a specific read and click the Back-to buttons to go back to where you were. 

All this allows the site to feel easier to navigate and more intentional in how information is grouped. Some areas are open for the public to explore, while others are reserved for members only. Our intention is to provide a public layer of useful information, with deeper resources and database access available to members.

• If you find yourself having gone down a rabbit hole, use the main menu to navigate back to a starting point. 

A. If you are new to HSFGR, start on The Porch. From there, you can click links and navigate every corner of the porch.

• You do not need to read the website in order. Simply begin with the area that best fits your needs and explore from there.

A. To help organize a large amount of information, many HSFGR pages use expandable sections such as accordions. If you see a plus sign, arrow, or similar marker next to a question or heading, click it to open the content beneath it. We've also included quick read cards followed by corresponding full detail links.  

• Some rooms also link to other rooms if relative information lives there. 

A: No. Some areas of the HSFGR website are open to the public, while other sections are available only to members. We want the public to have access to helpful educational and registry information, while deeper resources and certain database features remain member-only.

A. Forms, applications, and registry-related services are generally found in The Office, a room dedicated to official actions and recordkeeping.  You may apply for membership by clicking this link apply / join  

It will take you to a page with information you should read followed by the application link at the end of the page.