Austrian goose pouter
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The Austrian Ganselkröpfer is a pigeon breed based on the ancient Austrian goose pigeon . The Ganselkröpfer was bred again in 1993 in the Upper Austrian Hausruckviertel or was newly recognized as a breed in the group of pitterlings . The term " goose " refers to the plumage and is derived from the piebald variant of the Pomeranian geese, which used to be important farm geese.
Breed history
The Ganselkröpfer comes "from the old monarchy countries ( Bohemia , Moravia , Austria )" and was widespread "throughout Upper Austria and the neighboring states of Salzburg and Lower Austria".
Goose pigeons in different colors, with and without pointed caps populated about 80 percent of the large and small farms. Because of their willingness to breed, they were used to obtain roast pigeons. Their demeanor was simple. They were housed under eaves of the barns or shelters for equipment and machines. The pigeons living on the farm were usually fed with grain from their own cultivation together with the chickens, against which they had to prevail. This food was supplemented by the fields of the flying animals.
The economic conditions that changed with industrialization, the closure of small farms, the importation of new breeds from abroad, the upturn in organized pedigree pigeon breeding and the lack of a specific description of a model (a standard) for pigeon exhibitions meant almost complete extinction for domestic goose pigeons.
In the mid-1980s, the remaining stocks of black and occasionally red pigeons were acquired by Willi Klinger and crossed with Czechoslovak animals. For this breed a first application for recognition of the breed was made in 1991. As color pigeons , however, they were too similar to the Echterdingen color pigeons with the exception of the drawing and cap shape. Since the pigeons showed blowing , it was decided to put the goose pigeons in the group of peepers . In the second attempt, at the national show in Wels in 1992, the black goose pigeons were recognized. The recognition of the red ganselte followed in 1997. In addition, there are efforts to breed the previously existing color varieties. Blue and yellow are also recognized according to the standard. With red and yellow goose heads there are also pigeons without a pointed cap.
Typically v. a. for goose pigeons in free flight housing there are red eye rims. According to Schille, the front section and the blow mechanism of the new breeds shown at the 2000 European Show in Wels were not developed in the typical potato style.
Literature and evidence
- ↑ a b Austrian Ganselkröpfer on the website of the Schönbrunn Zoo
- ↑ a b c Breed standard of the RÖK: Austrian Ganselkröpfer (as of 2012; PDF file, 47.61 kB)
- ↑ a b c d e Gustl Heftberger: Der Österreichischer Ganselkröpfer in rassetauben.at (PDF file), accessed on January 4, 2017
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Schille: Beautiful pigeon breeds . from Aachener Bandkröpfer to Zurich Weißschwanz (= species in color . Band 2 ). Karin Wolters, Sebnitz 2001, ISBN 3-9806312-2-2 , Österreichische Ganselkröpfer, p. 231 .