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Origin: Developed in Saxony and Thuringia.
Overall Impression: Strong, Iow standing field
pigeon type; well developed muffs, plain headed.
Breed Characteristics:
Head:
Field pigeon type, forehead rounded, plain headed.
Eyes: Dark, eye cere light to reddish.
Beak: Long, flesh colored reds and yellows;
upper beak black on blues and blacks, lower beak flesh
colored.
Neck:
Medium in length, very full at the shoulders; throat
well curved (no gullet)
Breast:
Broad, low, well rounded.
Back: Long, wide, slightly sloping.
Wings: Somewhat long and wide.
Tail:
Long and well closed.
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Major Faults:
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Weak body.
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Too short
or incomplete muffs high standing.
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Breast
globe.
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Dark
color on eye cere.
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Impure beak color.
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Missing or oversized spot.
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White bib.
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Colored
beard.
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Color on
sides of body, shank or foot feathers.
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Very wide,
uneven heart on back.
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White back
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Reedy tail.
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White in
wedge under tail.
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Dull or
impure color.
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Feet and Legs: Long and well muffed even to the
hock feathers; low standing.
Feathering: Well developed yet not loose.
Colors: Black, blue, red, and yellow.
Color and Markings: The blacks, reds, and
yellows pure and very lustrous. Blues light even, with a
black tail bar; white outer edge of the outside tail
feathers is permitted. Colored areas include the spot,
neck, breast, back, shoulder (heart), tail, rump, and
wedge under tail; spot not to extend to the eye cere.
Breast cut to be as deep as possible, shoulder heart to
be symmetrical. The head, wings belly, hocks, and muffs
white.
Order of Evaluation:
Overall impression -body strength - markings - color -
muffs - beak and eye color. |
