There are lots of different goat breeds out there. We’ve had many (but not all) of them over the first several years of owning goats. I knew I didn’t want to maintain separate breeds (mostly because of requiring different breeds of bucks). One of the reasons we decided to have a herd of Alpine Dairy goats is the range of colors and patterns.
We love kidding season for the excitement of finding out not only how many kids each doe has, and the sex of each kid, but also what each one will look like. Over the years we’ve learned that although some families tend to reproduce themselves pretty well, there is always the potential for a complete surprise!
Alpine goats (also known as “French Alpines”) have French color names. If you are interested in what each of the color patterns looks like, you can find them on our website: Alpine Goat Color Patterns.
This year, we used mostly black and sundgau (black with white markings) colored bucks. Do you know that meant? Yep, lots and lots of black and sundgau babies.
But we did get a few adorable chamoisee (brown) ones as well.
Our biggest surprise was Zelena! Who knew that…
Saturn |
Plus | Zany |
would equal Zelena?
Yep! Colors make our Alpine Goats a lot more fun!! Do you have a favorite color?
Hi there, We are the Kiessling Family…:),
Love your soap & your blog…;)
Colors…hmmmm, we started our herd with Toggenbergs. We really like their color. Last year, we purchased a buckling – he is a mixed breed of Nubian, Alpine, Saanen, and Toggenberg..:) We had the chance to breed him to one of our does. And this past spring, we got 2 beautiful doelings. One has more of the Togg markings & color – which is dark brown. And the other, she looks more Alpine – with lots of white – but no black ‘boots’..:). This one had the floppy ears when she came out – but by the time she was a week old – they straightened out.
Goats are so much fun!….:)
Blessings to you all1….
Glad you’re enjoying them! 🙂 PJ
Zelana is just beautiful,love the tri-color mix.
So do we! 🙂 PJ