Garden peacock

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Garden or English peacock pigeon

The garden peacock is an English breed of domestic pigeon . In contrast to other pedigree pigeons , garden peacock pigeons are not bred as exhibition animals. Nevertheless, they have been confirmed by the European Standard Commission for Pigeons (ESKT) of the European Association for Poultry, Pigeon, Bird, Rabbit and Cavia Breeding (EE) and are listed in the EE list of pedigree pigeons with the number 608.

The garden peacock is a simple pigeon with a fanned, funnel-shaped tail. Your posture is straightforward. She is robust, flies well and independently takes care of the rearing of her young. It can escape predators such as cats, dogs, foxes and martens.

Peacock (EE 606)
Indian peacock (EE 607)

Garden peacock pigeons are kept in England, similar to the Chabo in Japan, to liven up the gardens as residents of small pigeon houses and to enjoy being with the animals. Often there are also crosses with the exhibition breeds peacock and Indian peacock or so-called " garden pigeons " ( English garden doves , garden pigeons ), a cross between white peacock pigeons and white carrier pigeons .

There are similar pigeons in the Montecassino Abbey in Italy and in the Wartburg in Thuringia. The pigeons there are said to have come to Eisenach with the dowry of Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia (1207–1231) .

  • White peacock doves in Montecassino Abbey , Italy

  • Peacock of the Wartburg

  • Youngsters feed pigeons in the Wartburghof (around 1960)

Web links

Commons : Peacock Doves  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Pigeons of the Wartburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  1. ↑ Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture : EE list of pedigree pigeons (ELRT) ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , As of June 11, 2012 (PDF, approx. 150 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.entente-ee.com
  2. ↑ a b garden peacock doves. (No longer available online.) In: Geflügelzeitung online. Hobby and Small Animal Breeder Publishing, September 2, 2013, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 15, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gefluegelzeitung.de  
  3. ↑ a b Fantail Pigeon info (often called fantail doves / garden doves) . In: Poultry Photographer: Rupert Stephenson. ( English ), accessed March 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ The pigeons of the Wartburg. (No longer available online.) In: Geflügelzeitung online. Hobby and Small Animal Breeder Publishing, September 9, 2013, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 15, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gefluegelzeitung.de