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Origin:
Saxony
Overall Impression:
Strong, pure field pigeon shape, well muffed, smooth
headed.
Breed Characteristics:
Head: Oval, smooth (without crest), forehead
somewhat rounded.
Eyes:
Dark, small cere, flesh colored to red.
Beak: Long, flesh colored.
Neck: Medium length, becoming full at the
shoulders, throat well curved (no gullet).
Breast: Broad and deep, well rounded.
Back: Long, broad at the shoulders, slightly
sloping.
Wings: Somewhat long and broad.
Tail: Long, closed, twelve tail feathers.
Legs and Feet: Long and thick muffs with well
developed hock feathers.
Feathering: Well developed, close fitting.
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MAJOR FAULTS:
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Weak body.
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Muffs too
short or full of gaps.
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Color on
beak.
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Dull or
impure color.
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Too deep or
uneven head marking.
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Too few white
flights.
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White around
vent.
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Color in
muffs.
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Too high rump
marking too short.
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Crooked,
rusty or peppery bars.
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Uneven
spangling.
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Grizzling
behind neck.
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Colors: Black, blue, red, yellow, and silver,
all with white bars or spangled.
Color and Markings: Black, red, and yellow pure
and lustrous, blue and silver light and even; bars pure,
as narrow as possible, equal width, continuous, and
separated from each other; blue and silver with narrow
dark edging at the back of the white bar or spangle;
spangles triangular and evenly distributed over shield
of wing. White areas include the head to just under the
eye, 7 to 9 white flights, tail with upper rump and
wedge under tail and muffs; colored areas include neck,
breast, belly to the vent area, hock feathers, wing
shield, and back.
Order of Evaluation: Overall impression - body
strength - color - marking - barring or spangling muffs
- eye and beak color. |
