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Origin:
Germany, in and around Berlin and surroundings in the
19th Century.
Total Impression:
Stately and full of temperament, tender and slender with
good proportion of all body parts. High standing, almost
horizontal carried body with vertical carried neck and
horizontal head and beak carriage.
Breed Characteristics:
Head: Extremely narrow, protracted quite long to
the front, forming a wedge if looked at from above,
without dip or strong pinch in profile the upper
headline forms with the beakridge a straight line, which
at the back part of the head progresses at a right angle
into the neckline. In spite of its length the head is
not allowed to appear clumsy and has to be proportional
to the fine limbed body.
Eyes:
Moderately large with small pupil and completely light,
almost white iris, if possible without blood vessels.
Cere delicately developed to accommodate the coloring of
the plumage. Pale in reds and yellow.
Beak: Straight, long, and thin carried
horizontally coming to a point at the end without
overlapping the upper beak. Flat lying wattle. Color of
beak dark in blue and black, light horn colored in
pearly and dun, light wax colored in red and yellow.
Neck: Long, thin, and straight carried
perpendicular, deeply grooved.
Chest: Small, not protruding. Paunch
underdeveloped and a little drawn.
Back: Flat, only a little sloped, also small in
the shoulders.
Wings: Tightly carried on the body, shoulder
protruding without being covered by the feathem of the
chest. Wings tightly carried on the tail without
crossing.
Tail: Tight; carried practically horizontal,
extending beyond the wing tips by at least the width of
a thumb.
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FAULTS:
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Too strong,
heavy, body.
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Too wide
forehead or head with dip.
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Too big or
round back skull.
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Spotted too
thick or bent beak, and dip in beak.
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Heavy wattle.
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Red cere.
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Too heavy,
too short or bent so called horseneck, dewlap.
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Strongly
forward bent thighs and legs.
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Colored
feathers in the wings or white in the tail.
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Small crack
in the iris so called tinge is only a little fault.
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Legs: Long and fine-boned, narrowly placed with
long thighs and tightly covered to the toes with thin
feathering. Hocks slightly pressed backwards and to the
center without touching. Toes well spread.
Plumage: Well developed and tight.
Color Classes: Magpied in: blue, pearl, dun,
black, red, and yellow. Out of every color you will get
solid colored birds with white wing feathers (flights),
with pearl eyes and whites with dark eyes, pale cere and
light wax colored beak. Even so, they are intermediate
products and are exhibited and judged in their own
class.
Color and Markings: The blue color possibly
dark-steel-blue not slate or ink colored. The pearl
color in lightest tone (zinc colored). The duns soft
cream colored, coming close to ivory. The black intense
with green luster. Red and yellow saturated. Magpie
marked with white heart shaped spot about in the center
between chest and throat; or without spot (full
colored). The heart is desired small, but every size is
permissible if it is closed. The colored shoulder heat
evenly formed is not allowed to overlap the wings. The
lower part of the back is white. Tail with body color
cleaned colored, not reedy or oval ornamented.
Pertaining to whites and to solid colored birds with
white wing feathers (flights), there are exceptionally
strict demands pertaining to the characteristics of the
breed. The latter must have seven to nine white flights
and show white feathering of the lower legs to the toes.
Areas to be Evaluated: Overall impression -
Conformation of head and beak - Body posture - Neck -
Legs - Eyes - Color and markings.
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