Chigu

The Chigu is a Chinese highland goat type often associated with western plateau or mountain environments where goats are kept for fiber, meat, and household income. Public information is not as broad as it is for major dairy breeds, so the label should be handled as a regional landrace or local breed entry. The useful traits are likely to be hardiness, cold tolerance, browsing ability, and performance in places where altitude and sparse forage limit more intensive stock.

Care for Chigu goats should focus on the realities of highland management: winter feed, wind shelter, kidding survival, foot soundness, and mineral balance. If fiber is part of the herd's purpose, fleece or down traits need to be recorded separately from body weight. Breeders and researchers should document county or village origin, coat type, horn status, and production use, because names for Chinese local goats can overlap. Conservation value comes from preserving animals that truly function in their home environment.

Colors: Belted, Black, Black and White, Brown, Brown and White, Buckskin, Chamoisee, Cou Blanc, Cou Clair, Cream, Fawn, Gold, Moonspotted, Pinto, Red, Red and White, Roan, Spotted, Sundgau, Swiss Marked, Tan, White