Origin: Silesia, Bohemia, and Moravia. Developed and improved in Germany.

Overall Impression: Elongated, sleek though powerful medium-sized pouter with a proud, erect beating, approximately 2/3 of the length to be in from of the legs with the remaining 1/3 from the legs to the tip of the tail. This breed possesses a lively personality.

Breed Characteristics:

Head: Plainheaded; Oval, with a flat forehead.

Eyes: White-pearl iris without reddish veins; pupil to be as small as possible; eye cere to be narrow and very intensely red colored.

Beak: Medium long; not too powerful with a slight curving at the tip; white to light reddish in color; light horn permitted in Isabels; wattle to be fine and undeveloped.

Neck: Long; back of the neck slightly curved; joining of the globe and neck to show a good waist; globe expands evenly to the widest part at the top giving the desired pear-shape; globe carried easily.

Breast: Not too wide; well-muscled; long.

Back: Long, strongly sloping; shoulders well-rounded.

Wings: Powerful, wide, long; fitting closely and covering the back; no crossing of the tips and not quite reaching the end of the tail.

Tail: Not too wide, forming a line with the back; not touching the ground.

Legs: Medium long, straight, not placed wide apart; clean leg with visible thighs.

Feathering: Tight-feathered without hairy feathering.

Color Classes: All colors to be even, deep, and shiny; green iridescence on the neck. Blue bars to be a light steel-blue with a colored back. Bars as narrow as possible; whites to be pure white; isabels to have as delicate and even a color as possible and still have the bars visible. Cocks are somewhat lighter than hens.

Areas to be Evaluated: Overall impression - Bearing/expression - Station - Color - Beak color - Head