Ice Pigeon

Eistauben are a domestic pigeons breed. They were given the name by their plumage color.

Origin

The Eistaube is one of the oldest German colors pigeons. The dark- color strokes come from Saxony, the red-eyed from Silesia and Lusatia. The glattfüßig hammered Eistaube ( trout dove ) comes from Silesia and southern Germany.

Appearance

The Eistaube has a strong, low-lying field pigeons shape. The head is elongated round and smooth with a slightly stretched forward short neck. The eye color is dark at the Black cohesive and hammered yellow to orange-red, with the other color varieties. The eye area is narrow and dark gray at all. The beak is medium thin and dark. The Eistaube has a broad chest. The back is broad and falls only slightly from the tail. This is of medium length and is supported almost horizontally. The wings are of medium length and not crossing worn on the tail. The legs and feet are at the very belatschten spring rich and dense, with the glattfüßigen unbefiedert.

Color strokes

The base color is a very delicate ice blue with a lot of feather dust (powder ). All colors beats there glattfüßig and belatscht. The lower plumage is greyish in all color varieties. Through the plumage powder the base color is white. The only exception are drawing colors. The wings and the tail band should be as dark as possible. Behind the tail band must remain a bright rim.

Eistauben there in hohlig, white cohesive, weißgeschuppt, porcelain color, black cohesive and hammered.

• Hohlig:

• White -cohesive:

• Weißgeschuppt:

• Porcelain color:

• Black -cohesive:

• Hammered:

Ring Size

• Belatschte: 10
• Glattfüßige: 7

Special Notes

The many feathers powder, which is a feature of the breed Eistauben and only the ice color is produced by the, can make people with respiratory problems or allergies impossible to breed Eistauben.

Swell

• Federation of German race poultry ( BDRG ) (ed. ): German pigeons standard