What are these

[newbold]

they are Kormorner Tumblers, or a Helmet, think the later,

 

they are helmets and also known as kormorner tumblers

[Guest ljb107]

hahaha kormorner tumbler my backside - they are german helmets, like i said

[THE FIFER]

 

they are helmets and also known as kormorner tumblers

helmets and kormorners are 2 different breeds,the helmets are related to the nuns,

[Guest beautyhomer]

Full name is

 

Crested Hamburg Helmets

 

end of debate

[Guest ljb107]

exactly.

 

The end.

[Guest]

Full name is

 

Crested Hamburg Helmets

 

end of debate

 

Well that's put an end to that then  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Thanks to everyone for there replies, much appreciated.

[kipper]

do they go faster with blinkers on. lol.

[greenlands]

Kormorner Tumblers ,Lindsay C

click photo to enlarge.

 

[micko and jack]

jack is staying with granda and nana tonight

and not sleeping yet

anyway jacks said birds    mine

not sure if that helps lol

hes going through the stage everythings his

cracking me up

lovely looking birds whatever breed

[pjc]

these are some of our kormorners

[OLDYELLOW]

these are some of our kormorners

 

nice birds do they fly well phill ? always wanted some  

[pjc]

they do fly very well, lovely to watch

[OLDYELLOW]

they do fly very well, lovely to watch

 

what do they fly like / style of ?

[pjc]

tumblers

[OLDYELLOW]

nice i thought they'd be more tumbler like  3 tidy rotations like a westy ?

[pjc]

because the ones we've flown out have always gone out with the racers they tumble but not realy sure how many time etc.

[OLDYELLOW]

because the ones we've flown out have always gone out with the racers they tumble but not realy sure how many time etc.

 

be nice to see a kit of 12 birds flying   was told many years ago tumbles gone out of them due to been bred mainly for shows , can see why hawks have a field day when type is more important than performance  

[pjc]

the birds we had/ parents have still got are the old flying lines and we struggled to get new blood. We did find a guy in the midlands in his 80's with them but he's passed on now. The only new blood we could get was a canadian kormorner, slightly bigger but they have had the tumble bred out of them but the crosses have still been flying well.

[Guest Freebird]

Hi Phil, had two pairs of these lovely wee birds about 12 years ago and they tumble not roll. The cock bird when showing to his mate did a slow spiral, corkskrew like fall but always kept his head right way up ( hard to explain ) really pleasing to watch. I had a pair of blacks and chocolates just like yours but you get them in most colours and they are not all Magpie. Remember seing a sparrowhawk come in for the cock bird but he just did a cool flip of the wings and it missed him then stangely it buggered off? It is a shame a lot of these old tumbler breeds are now just bred for looks as I think we have lost a lot of hard work done by the fanciers of yesteryear to entertain in the sky. Maybe a time for change, bring back the real TUMBLERS and let us see what all these fancy names can really do in the sky.

[silverback]

the ones in your actually called german owls

[Guest beautyhomer]

the ones in your actually called german owls

 

which??

[pjc]

the ones in your actually called german owls

 

no pics of German Owls on this thread!