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Origin:
This ancient breed originated in Germany and Hungary.
Overall Impression:
A large breed; with a well developed globe; extremely
long with its wings extending past the end of its tail;
standing with the front part of its body semi erect and
the rear part of the body close and parallel to the
ground; the back line forms a gentle sloping arc.
Breed Characteristics:
Head (2 pts.): Relatively long
with a high forehead.
Eyes and Ceres (2 pts.):
Orange eyes in all colors but white; white has bull eye;
eye ceres fine.
Beak and Wattles
(1 pts.): Long strong beak; relatively small
smooth wattles.
Neck
(5 pts.): Long.
Globe
(20 pts.): Huge; evenly inflated; oval to round
in shape, however the rounded shape is preferred; globe
to come from the chest without showing waist.
Body Style and Station
(20 pts.): The Old German stands with the front
part of its body raised in a semi erect station, and the
rear part of its body is carried close and parallel to
the ground. The bird is to have a strong body, however,
the illusion of great size is caused more by its profuse
loose feathering than by actual body weight mass.
Back
(5 pts.): Strong, wide, and long; the back line
forms a gentle sloping arc.
Wings
(20 pts.): Very long and extending past the
tail; wings should rest on the tail; flight feathers
should be well folded and closed and not show any "sail"
like effect or finger like separations; flights must be
held wide apart and never cross or touch at their ends.
Tail
(5 pts.): Long and fairly wide without tapering.
Legs
(5 pts.): Long, strong feathering; profuse;
creating a neat appearance while not being too tight.
Feather and Quality
(5 pts.): Long, strong feathering; profuse;
creating a neat appearance while not being too tight.
Color
(10 pts.): Self in white, black, red, yellow,
mealy, cream, lark, blue and
silver in bar, barless, and checkered; self colored also
exists with white flights, which should number the same
on both sides; splashed in light or dark pattern
depending on the predominace of white or colored
feathers; tiger must have solid colored primary flight
feathers and a solid colored tail with white sprinkled
on the rest of the body; dapple to have white feathers
sprinkled only on the head and neck with the rest of the
body colored. All colors should be rich, intense and
clean.
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