Origin: In upper Silesia, bred since ancient times, later popularized throughout Germany.

Overall Impression: Slim, stylish but powerful pouter with a shell crest and pearl eyes. Erect and free in station. Rear part of the bird shorter than the front part. All areas work together harmoniously. Very lively temperament(personality).

Breed Characteristics:

Head : Oval, slightly curved, with a wide, full, well-rounded shell crest ending in rosettes on both sides.

Eyes: Pearl, a small amount of visible blood vessels are permitted. Eye cere to be narrow, flesh colored to red.

Beak: Rather long, not too thick, dark in blues, blue checks, mealies, red and blue grizzle; dark hom-colored in silvers and silver checks; light flesh-colored in all other colors ( in blacks, approaching flesh colored is permissible). Wattle flat.

Neck: As long as possible; the longer, the better; moderately bowed outward. Globe large. Juncture of the globe and body forms a waist. Pear-shaped globe reaches so high that the beak rests on the globe.
Breast: Not too wide, keel long.

Back: Long, in a straight sloping line. Shoulders well-curved; not too wide and not protruding.

Wings: Powerful, lying on the back; well-closed.

Tail: Narrow, closed, forms a slightly bowed line with the back. Not touching the ground.

Legs: Clean-leg; straight, free, and not wide-set; lower thighs totally visible.

Feathering: Well-developed, tight. Battered wing tips are considered an advantage.

Color Classes: Selfs and white-flighted in red, black, yellow, blue bar, blue barless, silver, blue check, silver check, red check, yellow check, mealy, and cream; Grizzles in: blue, red, and yellow; white self; magpied in black, blue, blue check, red, and yellow.

Color and Markings:
Selfs: Even color and colored backs are required. In blues , shades from dark to light blue are permitted. Bars distinct, continuous, and clean colored. In white-fiighted 6 to 9 flights should be white.
Blue Grizzle: Ground color a delicate, shiny silver blue-gray (not white in the belly and thighs). Underfeathering dark to black-gray. Wing shields evenly sprinkled with small amounts of white, as though covered with light grizzling (woven with grizzling). Tail appears "cloudy" due to a light lacing. Wing and tail bars are black. Lights as dark as possible. The base and tips of the neck feathers are light while the middle portion is dark. The upper part of the dark portion has a green sheen (weaker in the lighter tip). The lightened tip contrasting with the darker middle portion gives a striped or rippled effect which is visible on the inflated globe. Head color the same as body color.
Red - Yellow Grizzle: Due to a weakly tinted underfeathering the head and body are cream colored; the wing shield whitish. Wing bars are intense red or yellow and distinct. Outer portion of the flights is white while the inner part and vane are more pigmented. Tail is light without a terminal bar. In the neck feathering the first three-fifths of the feather is white. The remaining two-thirds is a red or yellow, light shiny green patch which is encircled by a white ring. Weakly seen with a deflated globe but the inflated globe shows an evenly and well-distributed sprinkling of color.
Magpied: Head, neck, breast, shoulders, back, and tail are colored. The remaining feathering is white.