All About About Alpine Goats! 
Find Alpine goats fast facts! Raising goats, at Spencer's Farm, is a joy and a pleasure. You will find full blood Alpines, here, on our Tennessee farm. These goat breeds originated in the Alps. The terms “French-Alpine” and “Alpine” goats are used synonymously. The female and male goats are mostly short-haired. The males, (bucks), show a long-haired beard with long hair usually along its spine too. Both sexes have a straight face with medium sized and fine textured ears. These dairy goats are hearty, curious, friendly, and adaptable animals. They have superior agility and a perfect sense of balance. They are very instinctive on a trail. These goat breeds have good memories, can be easily trained and bond with their owners. They enjoy the companionship of other goats and people too! Alpine goats produce high volumes of milk. They can thrive in most any climate while remaining healthy and maintaining excellent milk production. 
Playing with Spencer's Farm baby goats is so much fun! This baby Alpine loves to play "Peek a Boo!” Alpine goats, do not have a distinct color but may range in colors. They can be found in pure white to varying or combining shades of colors. Find them in colors of gray, brown, black, red, buff, fawn, and more. This baby Alpine has combining colors of black and white.
Raising goats can be a challenge but they're well worth it! These dairy goats bring us joy and pleasure at Spencer's Farm. Caring for your goats will allow them to live a healthy and happy life. Know the basics of goat care before raising. Alpine and Sannen goats produce the milk used in Spencer's Farm homemade, natural bath and body products. Why do we use goats milk in our homemade products? It offers multiple benefits for the skin, hair and scalp!
ALPINE 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 gray 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. If there is any variation in the above patterns broken with white, the description would be "broken" cou blanc.  Custom Search
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