Giant pigeons

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Giant pigeons are a subgroup of the shape pigeons . With a body length of up to 55 centimeters and a body mass of up to over a kilogram, their representatives are the largest domestic pigeons . The wingspan of the longest races is about one meter. Giant pigeons have a strong back and a full chest. Their legs are strong and mostly featherless. Notwithstanding this, z. B. the belatscht Hungarian giant pigeon with relatively loose fletching a cross hood on the head.

The keeping of the giant pigeons is demanding. They need large fields and substantial, protein-rich, large-grain forage. Authors recommend that parents raise only one of their chicks and leave the second to reliable, large foster pigeons so that both animals reach the required size. Others think giant pigeons are bad parents because of their weight and crush eggs and young animals. Animals that are too heavy fertilize poorly because they can not hold themselves during mating and slip off.

Breeds of French origin

American Giant Runt

Romans are the best-known representatives of the giant pigeons in DA-CH . They originated in Italy and were brought to their present form in southern France . They are characterized by their large, massive and elongated body shape and carry their body almost horizontally. Pigeons weigh 1000 to 1100 grams, cocks up to 1200 grams. Despite their wingspan of 96 to 108 centimeters, they are not good fliers. American Giant Runt and American Giant Rumbler are American cultivated forms of the Romans. They are shorter and stockier with a short neck and beak.

The Kairuanta Pigeon ( French Mondain de Kairouan ) is probably the oldest giant pigeon and ancestor of all other European giant pigeons. It has been known in North Africa since the Phoenicians and is still bred today. The "Tunisian Mondain" is a slightly smaller and pure white variant. The "Syrian Carneau" is also a bit smaller and mostly yellow or red.

Montauban originated in the southern French city of Montauban from crosses of Romans with Italian monthly pigeons. The latter are coarse, capped field pigeons that breed once a month and were used to produce slaughter pigeons . Montaubantauben were initially economic doves and have been edited later breeding and a exhibition race finished. They are slightly shorter than Romans and wear a feathery, dense shell cap that ends in rosettes.

Breeds of Hungarian origin

Hungarian giant pigeon

The Hungarian giant pigeon ( Hungarian Magyar órias galamb or Magyar orias hazigalamb ) was mentioned as early as the 17th century and was also known as the "Turkish pigeon". At the beginning of the 20th century, she was kept in large numbers as useful pigeons. Since 1935 they worked on their refinement as a pedigree pigeon . At the end of the 1960s the Hungarian giant pigeon came to Germany and Austria and was recognized as an exhibition pigeon in 1974. Their feather-rich bonnet is called the “comb” in Hungary. The short and strong legs are tightly lapped. Flat-footed Hungarian giant pigeons without foot fletching are not permitted as show pigeons. They are used as farm pigeons for the production of carcasses and usually have white plumage.

Polish ( Polish Olbrzym Polski ), Romanian ( Romanian Porumbeii urasi de Salonta ), Carpathian and Transcarpathian giant pigeons are ancestors of the Hungarian giant pigeon. The feet of the Polish giant pigeon are heavily beaten, their shell hood is very well developed. The Romanian giant pigeon is double-nosed, and in addition to the hood, it also has a beaked carnation . Their legs are only slightly feathered, their toes are bare. The Carpathian giant pigeon is smooth-headed, it does not wear a bonnet but is belatscht. The Transcarpathian giant pigeon, on the other hand, is similar in body shape to the Roman.

Breeds of Spanish origin

Mallorca giant pigeon

The Spanish Gabacho giant pigeon is also similar to the Roman, but has a pointed cap and feathered feet. The Mallorca giant pigeon ( Catalan Colom de Casta Grossa , Spanish Mallorquina ), on the other hand, is smooth-footed and smooth-headed. To increase their fertility, carrier pigeons were crossed in the past , making them a little smaller. The large Spanish mondain pigeon (Spanish Gran Mundana Espanola ) is a modern breed that was created by crossing the Mallorca giant pigeons with Romans and Montauban. Probably the heaviest domestic pigeon is the Valencia giant pigeon, weighing up to 2.2 kilograms . It was mentioned as early as 1613. The smooth-footed pigeon is usually yellowish or hammered, its wings and tail dragging on the ground. Because of its weight, it hardly flies and is a bad breeder.

Non-European giant pigeons

Giant pigeons are not only found in Europe: the Hungarian giant pigeon is said to be descended from the Smyrna giant pigeon that came to Hungary during the Turkish Wars . There is also a giant Kurdistan pigeon . It is believed in Bangkok that the Thai giant pigeon originated in Turkey. The giant pigeon of Madras ( Murassa di Madras ) was already mentioned by Darwin , but has now disappeared. The Beijing giant pigeon only became known in the specialist press in 1945.

Receipts and further information

literature

  • Willi Kolb: giant pigeons . In: Erich Müller (ed.): Form pigeons (=  everything about pedigree pigeons ). tape 2 . Oertel + Spörer, Reutlingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88627-602-8 , pp. 13-28 .
  • Joachim Schütte: Handbook of the pigeon races. The pigeon breeds in the world . 1994, ISBN 978-3-9801504-4-6 , giant pigeons.
  • Kurt Vogel: biology, husbandry, feeding . A specialist book for breeders and owners of domestic pigeons, wild pigeons, sport or carrier pigeons and other flying pigeons (=  the pigeon ). 3rd, unchanged edition. Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1984, OCLC 246277835 .
  • Hans-Joachim Schille: The pigeon book . Instructions for keeping and breeding pigeons. Ed .: Manfred Hartmann. Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1986, OCLC 63215911 , giant pigeons, p. 28-29 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Joachim Schille: The pigeon book . Instructions for keeping and breeding pigeons. Ed .: Manfred Hartmann. Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1986, OCLC 63215911 , giant pigeons, p. 28-29 .
  2. ↑ Josef Binder: Römer. Giants of the pigeon world. In: //www.binder-j.de/html/tauben.html. August 5, 2008, accessed on April 11, 2013 (SV der Römertauben).
  3. ↑ Maik Löffler: Montauban. attractive giants in the pigeon kingdom. In: sv-montauban-ungarischeriesentaube.de. SV Montauban and Ungarische Riesentaube eV, accessed on April 11, 2013 .
  4. ^ Monthly pigeon , in: Johann Paul Kolbeck's Abhandlung über Taubenzucht , Daisenberg, Regensburg 1821, p. 7 ( full text at Wikisource )
  5. ↑ Maik Löffler: Hungarian giant pigeons . Giants with character. In: poultry newspaper . No. 9/2011 . Hobby and small animal breeders Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Berlin May 5, 2011, p. 8–11 ( online [PDF; accessed April 17, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Attachment to the EE list for pedigree pigeons (ELRT) of the EE division for pedigree pigeons: Reference German breed name (ELRT) - national breed name ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on October 20, 2012 (PDF, approx. 86 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.entente-ee.com
  7. ↑ a b Joachim Schütte: Handbook of the pigeon races. The pigeon breeds in the world . 1994, ISBN 978-3-9801504-4-6 , giant pigeons.