Southern German black-dove

Photos, description beautiful breeds German Blackface pigeons, characteristic for home breeding

Photos, description beautiful breeds German Blackface pigeons, characteristic for home breeding

Consider one of the most beautiful and unusual ornamental breeds of pigeons – South German Blackheads. This type refers to the decorative direction.

Exterior Features South German Blackface: the average size, convex hull; straight and rather short dorsal part; deep chest; short legs; average head sizes.

Externally, the pigeons are different from other breeds of its own noble plumage color of the white color. Pigeons often entirely white except for the head part, which is often different color shades, as well as the neck portion (rare tail region of different colors). On the neck a white coloring resembles a wedge shape that captures a little occipital region: color line stretches from the little corner of the mouth to the neck, passes between the eyes. It provided an interesting pattern on the feathers of birds. Color gamma joins together to an unusual circular shape pattern, often form is different, for example, elliptical.

On the origin of species represented, little is known, but many admit that genes old German pigeons are in their genetic reserve. This assumption is confirmed by a colored area of ​​the chest that extends around the perimeter of the chest. If there are such representatives, then they have to be a white spot on the forehead, or as it is called, Lysko. The main coloring feathers most common saturated black, yellow or red hues. The breed can be seen that there is a certain type of feathers feet. That is, some representatives of the South-German Blackface pigeons have the presence of feathers on the legs, some – not. Birds are characterized by smooth, not rough head with a small tuft.

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