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Origin: Saxony
Overall
Impression:
Strong
and low standing field pigeon type, thick, muffs as full
as possible.
Head: Well rounded, plain headed, forehead
somewhat high and broad.
Eyes:
Dark; eye cere small, inconspicuous in color.
Beak: Long; flesh to light colored on yellows,
all other colors dark to black.
Neck: Compact, strong; throat well curved (no
gullet).
Breast: Broad, carried forward, carried low.
Back:
Long, broad, slightly sloping.
Wings: Strong, broad, held close to body. |
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Major Faults:
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Too small or
weak body.
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Too high
standing.
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Faulty
color.
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Too high
breast markings.
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Too much lacing on white feathers in the back of neck or head
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Very dark beak on yellows (especially on young birds).
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Muffs too short or with gaps.
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Tail:
Long, closed, twelve feathers.
Legs
and Feet: Muff thick and dense; low standing.
Feathering:
Richly developed, held tight to body.
Colors: Red (ash red – called brown in German),
yellow, black, and blue.
Color and Markings: Red and yellow pure and as
intense as possible, the red with metallic luster on
neck; blue not too dark and without rust on breast,
black with velvet black color without gray tone; the
under feather is light. Head, neck, and breast are
colored, the breast marking to be sharp and as deep as
possible, the remaining feathers after the first moult
are white. Some lacing is permitted on the wings, muffs
and tail and the rump on blues and blacks.
Order of Evaluation: After overall impression
the characteristics are judged in the following order:
body strength – feather color – markings – muffs – eye
and beak color. |
