Pouter

As Pouters or pouter a group of pigeons is called, which differ from other domestic pigeons by an upright posture and her big goiter, which they can fill with air, is different. The origin of this breed group is controversial.

Description

Your relationship with pigeons and ring form thugs is outwardly barely noticeable, moreover, Spanish Pouters with the pigeons are related. Pouters differ in body shape, posture, size and height is, the end form of the crop at the breast and its shape. Typical race goiter forms are spherical, pear-shaped and drooping. The head is covered with feathers in almost all breeds smooth, only a few have a round or pointed cap. There are belatschte and glattfüßige Pouter and Cropper with pearl eyes. The beaks are long. Colors and drawings of Pouters are very diverse. The heart drawing, a white crescent on the crop, is typical of some of these pigeons.

Pouter pigeons are lovers and can be very tame and trusting. The inflation of the crop during courtship and flight game especially drawn breeds have a special incentive for Pouters breeder. Especially the mittelhochbeinigen, glattfüßigen Pouters races " clap " on the fly: bat flying wings together above his head so that a typical noise.

Origin

Pouters are domestic pigeons, whose origin is unknown or controversial. Your farming in Europe has more than 500 years of tradition. The Dutch animal painter Melchior de Hondecoeter is said to have been painted in 1665 as a Oplooper ( German dancer) known pouter. Aldrovandi described 1599 Dutch Kroppers. Probably the first description of a pouter be found in an Arabic font in 1345 in Spain.

In 1590, the Indians Abdul Fazil Para pigeons with the words " you have feathers on your feet and inhale air " characterized. Schütte believed in them Indian Pouters. In addition, there is evidence of Bengali Pouters, Syrian Pouters, Chinese and Manchurian pouter.

Kröpferrassen

The European Standards Committee for pigeons ( ESKT ) of the European Association for poultry, pigeons, bird, rabbit and Caviazucht (EE) has confirmed 51 races in the group of pouter. (November 2012), some authors divide this again in the subgroups Großkröpfer, Zwergkröpfer and hanging goiter or Spanish pouter, which can be distinguished itself again. Therefore, the following classification of the races has only one orientation.

Großkröpfer

Hartmann shares the Großkröpferrassen in short-legged, long-legged and mittelhochbeinige. As a short-legged Großkröpfer he leads the old German ( D/301 ) and Hungarian Pouters ( H/347 ) to. For the long-legged Großkröpfer French ( B/307 ) and English Pouters be ( GB/310 ) Hanakröpfer ( CZ/314 ), Pomeranian ( D/303 ), inverted wing ( D/304 ), Signoor ( B/313 ) and Bavarian Pouters ( D/315 ) called. Mittelhochbeinig are Elster ( D/305 ), Steiger ( D/318 ) and Stellerkröpfer ( D/319 ), Silesia ( D/323 ), Lille ( B/328 ), Voor Burger ( NL/327 ), Norwich (GB / 306), Slovak pouter ( SK/322 ), Moravian Elsterkröpfer ( CZ/311 ), Moravian Morak ( CZ/312 ), Moravian Weißkopfkröpfer ( CZ/321 ) and Eiskropftauben ( CZ/325 ).

The Kröpferrassen Aachen Bandkröpfer Bohemian Stellerkröpfer ( CZ/345 ), Danish Cropper ( DK/349 ), Alsatian Cropper ( B/308 ), Ghent Cropper ( B/309 ), Hessian pouter are not mentioned by Hartmann ( D/326 ), ( D/317 ), Dutch Cropper ( NL/302 ), Horseman Pouter ( GB/332 ), Lower Bavarian pouter ( D/345 ), Dutch Lockenkröpfer ( NL/352 ), Austrian Ganselkröpfer ( A/351 ), Saxon pouter (D / 316), Swiss Cropper ( CH/348 ), Star witzer wing plate Cropper ( D/320 ), Thuringian Cropper ( D/324 ) and Waldviertel Cropper ( A/350 ).

Schütte calls these races actual Pouters.

Legged Verkehrtflügelkröpfer ( D/304 )

Legged English Großkröpfer ( GB/310 )

Legged Pomeranian pouter ( D/303 )

Mittelhochbeiniger Silesian pouter ( D/323 )

Dutch Pouter ( NL/302 )

Zwergkröpfer

Zwergkröpfer are 32 to 36 inches long and can reach a wingspan of 60 to 65 centimeters. Among them are the undisputed races Brno Cropper ( CZ/330 ) and English Zwergkröpfer ( GB/329 ). Most also the Amsterdam Cropper ( NL/331 ) is called, and occasionally they Lille Pouter, Voor Burger Schildkröpfer and Prague pouter be added.

English Zwergkröpfer ( GB/329 )

Voor Burger Schildkröpfer ( NL/327 )

Lille Pouter ( B/328 )

Spanish and hanging Craw pouter

Schütte distinguishes the Spanish Pouters into three main groups: suspended goiter breeds, breeds with normal Blaswerk and Halbkröpfer with minimal or no Blaswerk.

The slopes goiter breeds are considered the oldest Iberian Kröpferrassen. They are characterized by a horizontal posture and a baggy drooping, pear-shaped goiter. All members of this subgroup are from Spain or Portugal and were used for the thief, catch or Locktaubensport lure in which unmarried Täuber in free flight foreign hens in their impact.

Marchenero ( E/334 ) and Gaditano Cropper ( E/337 ) have a normal, the central European races like Blaswerk. They can be classified to the 15th century lead back, the latter are of relatively recent origin. Regional variants of Marchenero Pouter also be grown in South America and the USA.

The Halbkröpfer are relatively young. Because of their very high messenger pigeons and share them show her something stronger Blaswerk only during driving. With them in an organized clubs thieves dust sport is since some sixty years. Here, a hen is marked with a white goose feather on the tail and abandoned along with a large number Täuber. This immediately begin to compete for the hen and try to drive them in their impact. The Täuber, the successful, is the champion.

Granadino Cropper ( E/343 ), Hängekropkröpfer

Canario cropper ( E/344 ), Hängekropkröpfer

Gaditano Cropper ( E/337 )

Moroncelo Cropper ( E/342 )

Morrillero Cropper ( E/341 ) ( German buffalo hump), Halbkröpfer

Hanging goiter

The hanging goiter is a typical Pouters disease. The affected pigeons, the crop depends, similar to the Spanish Pouters, limply. It is caused by too long a stay of the feed in a lower crop expansion, which results in the fermentation of food residues. Its occurrence may be favored by pathogens and stress. In adult animals can not be excluded as the cause of sagging skin muscles.