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Origin:
Thuringia.
Overall Impression:
Elegant and elongated field pigeon type; plain headed or
crested.
Head: Oval, slightly arched; plain headed or
with a crest which does not cap and shall end on each
side in rosettes.
Eyes:
Dark; eye cere small, smooth, and sharp, flesh colored
to red.
Beak: Long; flesh colored on reds and yellow,
black upper beak on blues and blacks; tip of upper beak
horn colored on silvers, all colors having a white lower
beak.
Neck: Moderately long; throat well curved (no
gullet).
Breast: Broad, carried somewhat forward.
Back: Long, rounded, sloping
Wings: Long, closed.
Tail: Long, closed.
Legs: Short, without feathers; toenail color is
not important, however, as dark as possible on blacks
and blues.
Feathering: Well developed, tight fitting.
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MAJOR FAULTS:
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Body too
weak.
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Dark lower
beak, flecked upper beak.
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Feathers on
the legs.
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Colored
thighs and shanks, irregular heart marking, poor color, many white
feathers under the wings of reds, yellows, and blacks.
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Colors: Red, yellow, black, blue, and silver
barless, blue and silver barred, blue and silver check.
Color and Markings: The ground color is white;
only the head, cap, and wings with the excepting of the
shoulder feather which form a broad, white, well rounded
out heart shape. On blacks, reds, and yellows the
lacquer color and under wing color is required. The
primary flights on the blue and silver patterns must be
dark when the wing is closed.
Order of Evaluation: Overall impression – shape
and size – head marking – beak color – wing marking –
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