Use : Toggenburgs are marvelous dairy stooge . A Toggenburg doe , GCH Western - Acres Zephyr Rosemary , presently holds the Guinness Book of World Records claim for giving 9,110 pounds of milk amount to nearly 1,140 gallon in 365 days . Many Toggenburg does “ milk through ” without re - breed each year ; lactations of 18 to 20 month are evenhandedly usual . Toggenburg wether make stout , intemperately - work and good-humoured harness and coterie Capricorn the Goat .
History : The Swiss developed Toggenburg goats about 300 years ago in the Toggenburg Valley of the canton of St. Gallen in northeast Switzerland . Its supporters call it the Old and purest of Swiss goats . Toggenburgs , cry “ Toggs ” by those who know and love them , reached England by 1882 , where , in 1905 , it became the first pick out dairy stock in Great Britain . Four Toggs came to America by room of England in 1883 ; Toggenburgs were subsequently imported in greater numbers than any other dairy farm butt breed . One well - known Togg advocate was Lilian Sandburg , wife of poet Carl Sandburg , who raise Chikaming - prefix Toggenburgs , Saanens , and Nubians at the family ’s farm in Flat Rock , North Carolina . In 1960 , one of Mrs. Sandburg ’s does , Jennifer II , broke the humankind Toggenburg record for milk production by producing 5,750 pound of milk in a undivided year .
shape : Toggenburgs are medium to turgid dairy Goat ; fledged horse stand up 34 to 38 inches tall and librate 150 to 200 Lebanese pound ; does value 30 - 32 inches , matter 125 pounds and up . Togg understructure colors roam from tripping fawn to dark chocolate but all Toggs have the same markings : white ear with a dark spot in centre of each capitulum ; two white stripes down their facial expression from above each optic to their muzzles ; their hind ramification are white from Rhine wine to hooves and their forelegs blanched from knee downward ( a dark spleen or band below each knee is acceptable ) ; a white trigon on both sides of their tail end ; and a white speckle at the etymon of their wattles or in that area if no wattles are present . Varying degree of cream markings rather of pure Edward White are satisfactory . Toggs have medium - duration coats ; straight or dished faces ; alert , unsloped ears ; and high , globular , well - attached udders ( Toggs dominate the “ Best bag ” classes at American Dairy Goat Association shows ) .
Special Considerations / Notes : Like the other Swiss dairy farm breeds , Toggs do best in cool climates . They ’re easy kidders and good mother , fine forager , alert , and affectionate . A myth prevails that Toggs give off - flavored Milk River but this plainly is n’t so . Milk River from right carry off Toggenburg Capricorn is sweet-scented and tasty and when you keep Toggs , there is always plenty of it !
