Oberhasli
The Oberhasli is a Swiss dairy goat breed with a bay to red-brown chamoisee pattern, usually marked by a black dorsal stripe, black belly, black legs, and dark facial markings. Does may also be black in some registry contexts. The breed is medium-sized, alert, and dairy in build, with roots in alpine goats of Switzerland and later development in North American herds. Its clean color pattern is part of type, but milk structure is central.
Oberhaslis are kept for milk, show, and small-farm dairy work. They need careful feeding, hoof care, udder hygiene, kidding management, and enough exercise to keep a sound frame. Breeders should protect the correct color pattern while selecting first for useful udders, strong pasterns, level toplines, and steady production. Because the breed can be less common than Nubians or Alpines in some areas, planned breeding helps maintain genetic diversity and avoids treating every chamoisee goat as breeding stock.
Colors: Bay (Red-Brown) with Black Markings (Standard), Belted, Black, Black and White, Brown, Brown and White, Buckskin, Chamoisee, Cou Blanc, Cou Clair, Cream, Face Markings, Fawn, Gold, Moonspotted, Pinto, Red, Red and White, Roan, Solid Black (Does Only), Spotted, Sundgau, Swiss Marked, Tan, White
