Some Fancy Breeds

[Glassfeather]

Oriental Frill, Satinette

 

German Beauty Homer

 

Archangel/Gimpel

 

Gaditano

 

Portuguese Tumbler

[samantha]

are these your birds? I love satinettes I have quite a few pics of them on my pc,  even though Im not as fond of short faced birds there is something very pretty about them? do you breed them? where do they come from? thanks Glassfeather  

[Glassfeather]

Hi Samantha,

 

I took these photos at Nottingham show: a nice show, good atmosphere, friendly people and nice pigeons. I don't keep Oriental Frills but I have a few German Shield Owls, I mainly keep Spanish pouters, some photos of my birds here:

 

 

Jiennense

 

Laudino Sevillano

 

Horseman Pouter Hen

 

[samantha]

thanks for the reply you have some stunning birds, I will be at the Nottingham show next year, thats for sure!! is the first photogragh oriental frills again?

[Glassfeather]

Thanks Samantha,

 

These are  German Shield Owls in the first photo, nice little birds and good breeders, they don't have any problem raising their own young whereas Frills are a bit too short in the beak. There are different sorts of Frills; Satinettes and Blondinettes as well as a number of other markings known as 'Domino' 'Vizor' &c...You can find out more about Oriental Frills at these pages:

http://www.pigeonclubsusa.com/eofc.htm

http://www.geocities.com/glasgowfeather/frillgenetics.htm

 

This picture shows a Blondinette:

[samantha]

I quite like the german shield owls, do you allow them to fly out? many breeders of fancy pigeons I have met never let them out,

 

also why would being short in the beak make them unable to raise there own young well?

 

So am I right in thinking that oriental frill is the breed and sattinete and blondette is the colour or marking? ( will look at the links but I think I already have them bookmarked in my browser, from a while ago)

 

sorry bout all the questions but I think fancy pigeons are fascinating thanks Graeme

[jimmy white]

REALLY FACINATING, LOOKED IN TO WEB SITES ETC ,VERY INTERESTING, AND REALLY SOME STUNNING LOOKING PIGEONS, ALL IN TIP TOP CONDITION   :)

[Glassfeather]

I'm glad you enjoyed your visit Jimmy, there are some very nice fancy pigeons out there and some of them are good active fliers. I fly my birds Samantha but not everyone does, they can be quite vulnerable and at a disadvantage. Some of the short-faced breeds have a problem raising babies, it's not so much that the parents have trouble feeding, its more a case that the babies have difficulty inserting a very short beak into the parents'. I guess the beak is a particular length for a reason!

You are right about the Oriental Frills, the different markings are sub-varieties.

Best wishes,

Graeme

[samantha]

thank you Greame for the info you have given me, I enjoyed the websites too,

 

Samantha

[Glassfeather]

No worries Samantha,

 

Always happy to talk pigeons! I can spare a young pair of Owls so if you are interested let me know and I can take them to Nottingham.

 

Graeme

[samantha]

Oh I would love a young pair of owls Graeme, but my loft is really small, and I have just offered to take in a pair of indian fans that a (nasty) man was going to kill at the end of september, so until I get my loft extended I dont want to overcrowd the birds, Im really dissapointed! but can I get in touch when I have my bigger loft?   they are so pretty!! ??)

[Glassfeather]

Samantha,

 

No problem, just let me know when you have room.

 

Graeme

[Blue Chequer]

Who has the best German Beauty's in the U.K.???   Blue Chequer.

[Guest beautyhomer]

That's easy,

 

Andrew Emerson

 

Regards Andrew

[jimmy white]

rose,,im just glad your son had his hand that way and not the other ha ha    lovely photo, just looking through these fancy breeds, they are stunning  birds   and some cracking photographs.

[snowy]

jim, didnt you once keep birmingham rollers?

[Guest]

Glassfeather, how long can Gaditano fly?

 

Do you know where can i buy a pair of Gaditano(Spaninsh Croopers) Please

 

[jimmy white]

just noticed your post snowy, i never kept birmingham rollers, but have seen them in flight, quite a sight.  some fabulous fancy birds on these posts