Alpine Goat

Name: Alpine Goat

Origination: The Alpine goat originally comes from the Alps. They predominantly come from Switzerland and France.

Size: Female Apines should be no less than 30 inches tall and no less than 135 lbs. Male alpine goats range from 34 to 40 inches and should not weigh less than 170 pounds.

Description: Both sexes are normally short haired goats however bucks generally have a roach of long hair along thei spine. The beard on the male Alpine goats is rather pronounced. The ears on alpine goats are typically of medium stature, fine textured and erect.

Colors: # Cou Blanc - (coo blanc) literally "white neck" - white front quarters and black hindquarters with black or gray markings on the head.
# Cou Clair - (coo clair) Literally "clear neck" - front quarters are tan, saffron, off-white, or shading to gray with black hindquarters.
# Cou Noir (coo nwah) literally "black neck" - Black front quarters and white hindquarters.
# Sundgau - (sundgow) black with white markings such as underbody, facial stripes, etc.
# Pied - spotted or mottled.
# Chamoisee - (shamwahzay) brown or bay - characteristic markings are black face, dorsal stripe, feet and legs and sometimes a martingale running over the withers and down to the chest. Spelling for male is chamoise.
# Two-tone Chamoisee - light front quarters with brown or grey hindquarters. This is not a cou blanc or cou clair as these terms are reserved for animals with black hindquarters.
# Broken Chamoisee - a solid chamoisee broken with another color by being banded or splashed, etc.
# Any variation in the above patterns broken with white should be described as a broken pattern such as a broken cou blanc.