Is she really a chamoisee alpine?

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Heidi is registered as a pure breed light chamoisee alpine. However, people have told me they don't think her coloring really is correct. Plus, pictures of chamoisee's online look much darker. Is she some other color all together? I know her parents are registered pure breeds, but her color just seems 'off'.

As a baby( 1 week):
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In August of this year:
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What do you think?




edited for typo
 

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Wish I could help. I know my pygmy buck who is a light carmel is almost white in the summer. He darkens in the winter though and you can see the carmel than.
 

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Queen Mum has a page on goat colors. Its at the bottom of the page... you could find her journal and look at the bottom of one of her posts.

I knew someone had a color chart and was looking around then the light came on...Queen Mum!
 

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http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/goats/

Check the link for pics and descriptions...she looked Alpine to me.

Edited to add, she has a hint of the Toggenburg look though too.

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/goats/


Okay edited once more---her coloring(the face marking, light hindquarters) does look more Togg than Alpine and what I did not in looking on a few dairy sites is that Togg coloring or marking on an Alpine is "discriminated against". Not sure exactly what all that means for you but she could stil be an Alpine but just have Togg colors.
 

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Mine is registered as two tone Chamoisee, tan and Black, half white belly

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In certain lighting, her belly area is darker and her neck is tan color.
 

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Don't you just love all the colors and combo's. Especially when you're trying to find one??:lol:
 

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Alpine dairy goat website said:
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.
In other words it is a darker color of brown.

The baby you have is a lighter shade of golden or buckskin. With dark legs. Not a true chamoisee.

I always called that coloration dark buckskin. Nigerian Dwarf goat colors are named slightly differently than Alpines and your baby looks alpine to me.
 

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That helps a lot queen mum! I have never heard an someone call an Alpine that before. I forget, can you register an alpine as a 'dark buckskin', or does it have to be a standard color? I wonder why her coloration doesn't really fit any of the standard descriptions. Very interesting!
 
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