Thuringian white bib

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Thuringian white bib, hammered blue

The Thuringian Weißlatz is a breed pigeon and is one of the Thuringian colored pigeons . The breeding center of this breed was in the small villages of the narrow valleys of the Thuringian Forest .

features

The Thuringian Weißlatz shows a strong field pigeon shape and looks similar to the Thuringian Weißkopf , but has a fuller figure.

It is named after the pigeon's white color from the head and front neck to the chest. The drawing runs straight down from the cap . Both the tail with the upper and lower tail and the feathered feet are also white. The color of the cap, rear neck and thighs as well as the vulture feathers is adapted to the colored remaining plumage. The Thuringian Weißlatz is recognized in 13 colors: black, red, yellow, blue with black bands, blue without bands (since 1989), blue hammered, blue steel (previously silver with dark bands ), blue steel without bands (since 1991), blue steel hammered (formerly Gelercht ), yellow-white (formerly isabel-colored ), yellow-white-hammered, red-white and red-white-hammered.

The head of the Thuringian Weißlatz is elongated, wide and well rounded, so that there is space for the wide, feathery round hood . This should not sit excessively high, but should still be visible when viewed from the front. The hood is closed on both sides by rosettes at ear height. The beak is light horn colored. The eye color of lacquer-colored pigeons is predominantly dark; with powder or dust colors, the eye is still predominantly red. The narrow eye rim is called flesh-colored to red.

The pigeon's broad, well-rounded breast protrudes somewhat; the broad back at the shoulders falls only a little backwards. The posture of the pigeon is almost horizontal. The wings do not reach the tail end. The legs are short, dense and briefly touched with well developed vulture feathers.

Origin and creation

First drawing of a white bib (James C. Lyell, 1873)
Illustration of three Thuringian white-lipped pigeons next to mouse pigeons in the Schachtzabel from 1906.

The exact origin and emergence of the breed of the Thuringian White Bib cannot be determined with certainty, but breeders from the Thuringian Forest have ensured the continued existence of this colored pigeon, bred new colors and promoted the spread of the pigeon.

The white bib was first described by James C. Lyell in the mid-19th century. The Englishman recorded the details of the breeding status at that time in a drawing in 1873 and in 1881 described the appearance of the pigeon in his work "Fancy Pigeon" as almost the inversion of the nun . The first description in German-language literature can be found in Gustav Pütz in 1873 in the third edition of "The Whole of Pigeon Breeding", which Lyell also knew. Gottfried Neumeister describes a breast dove ( Thuringian breast ) with inverted drawing (with white head, neck and white breast). Emil Schachtzabel describes this pigeon for the first time as the “Thuringian White Pigeon”, but at the same time uses the descriptions “Thuringian White Breast Dove” and “Reverse Mohrenkopf”. Schachtzabel wanted the eyes of the white bib to be uniformly dark, only later did many white bibs show a colored iris due to crossbreeding and neglect of the breed.

The Weißlatz was a popular even in the English breeders fancy pigeon , but their interest grew extinct while their popularity in Thuringia. The main area of ​​breeding are localities in the northern Thuringian Forest near Zella-Mehlis , Suhl , Schleusingen and Ruhla . Here, in Zella-Mehlis, the Club of Thuringian White Bib Breeders was founded in 1910 as the first association of breeders of Thuringian colored pigeons.

Even after the Second World War , Thuringian breeders tried harder to get the Weißlatz. When some of them moved to the Federal Republic of Germany at the end of the 1950s, they took the Weißlatz with them and, since 1962, established it in the special association Thuringian Colored Doves West. With the German unification, the breeding of white bibs experienced a further boom. Thuringian white bibs are now also bred in neighboring countries, especially in Denmark, and overseas.

recognition

The Thuringian white tail was confirmed by the European Standard Commission for Pigeons (ESKT) of the European Association for Poultry, Pigeon, Bird, Rabbit and Cavia Breeding (EE) and is listed in the EE list of pedigree pigeons with the number 455. In 2013 he was elected breed of the year by the Association of German Poultry Breeders .

literature

  • James C. Lyell: Fancy Pigeon . Barnes & Noble, London 1881, OCLC 8005808 , Chapter XV. The Bavette Pigeon, S. 73-74 (English, The Bavette Pigeon  - Internet Archive [accessed May 6, 2013]).
  • Bernd Herbold: Thuringian Weißlätze - BDRG breed of the year 2013 . In: poultry newspaper . No. 8 , April 26, 2013, ISSN  1613-6268 , p. 4-8 .

Web links

Commons : Thüringer Weißlatz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Bernd Herbold: Breed of the year: Thuringian white laces. Association of German Poultry Breeders (BDRG), accessed on May 6, 2013 . alternatively: Bernd Herbold: The Thuringian White Bibs. Breed of the year 2013 in the BDRG. (No longer available online.) In: thueringer-farbentauben.de. Special association of breeders of Thuringian colored pigeons from 1910, archived from the original on November 3, 2013 ; Retrieved May 6, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b Joachim Schütte: Thuringian pigeons of color . In: Handbook of the pigeon races. The pigeon breeds in the world . 1994, ISBN 3-9801504-4-5 , pp. 274-275 ( russiastation.tripod.com ).
  3. ↑ James C. Lyell: Fancy Pigeon . containing full directions for their breeding and management, with descriptions of every known variety, and all other information of interest or use to pigeon fanciers. Barnes & Noble, London 1881, OCLC 8005808 , Chapter XV. The Bavette Pigeon, S. 73–74 , doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.54448 (English).
  4. ↑ Gottlob Neumeister: The whole of pigeon breeding . Ed .: Gustav Prütz. 3rd edition, revised in the text in keeping with the times. BF Voigt, Weimar 1876, The breast dove, color breasted dove, the breast, p. 22 , doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.50691 .
  5. ↑ Emil Schachtzabel: Illustrated magnificent work of all pigeon breeds . Royal Universitätsdruckerei H. Stürtz ag, Würzburg, plate 32: Thuringian white breast or white pigeon (inverted Mohrenkopf), doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.50313 (1906 [?]).
  6. ↑ EE list of pedigree pigeons (ELRT) ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 150 kB) Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture , as of June 11, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.entente-ee.com

annotation

  1. ↑ The plumage of the lower leg that grows backwards is called vulture feathers.