ORIGIN: Developed in the vicinity of the Saxon/Th u ring
ian border around Naumburg and Weissenfels. Its beginning can be traced back
to Prague and Dutch Croppers in the first third of the 1800's.
OVERALL IMPRESSION: Erect, slim pouter with long, muffed legs, and pear-shaped
globe. Several color varieties exhibit white barring.
BREED CHARACTERISTICS
HEAD (2 pts.): Rather long and narrow; rounded, with a high forehead. Always
plainheaded.
EYES (2 pts.): Orange to yellow, bull in whites. Eye cere color varies according
to the feather color.
BEAK (1 pt.): Long, strong at the base, flesh colored in whites, yellows,
and reds. (Reds are permitted a slight tendency towards darker beak coloring
at the tip). Isabels to have light horncolored beaks; blacks and blues have
dark beaks. Wattles are flat and smooth.
NECK (19 pts.): Long; pear-shaped globe which forms a slight angle where
it joins the waist. Back of the neck to bow slightly.
BREAST (7 pts.): Long keel and waist.
BACK (6 pts.): Narrow, steeply angled.
WINGS (4 pts.): Narrow, long; butts carried loosely; wing tips to meet or
cross slightly.TAIL (4 pts.): Short, closed, forming a line with the back.
Not to touch the floor.
LEGS (15 pts.). Long, not too wide set; thighs fully visible. Straight when
viewed from the front.
MUFFS (16 pts.): Long hock feathers; full, medium-length boots. FEATHERING
(6 pts.): Tight and welldeveloped.
COLOR CLASSES: White, black, red, yellow, blue bar, blue check, blue barless,
larked (silver check with gold breast), "mehllicht" (silver bar with gold
breast); white bars in Isabel, black, red, yellow, and blue; opal bars in
all colors.
COLOR AND MARKINGS (20 pts.): Deep, rich, even color. Isabels to be the most
delicate color from which the white bars visible contrast. In the other white
barred colors, rich color and good bars are seldom seen. For this reason
judges are asked not to place too much emphasis on color.
SERIOUS FAULTS: Plump or too horizontally carried bodies; too short neck;
not enough globing ability; too long from the legs to the tip of the tail;
short legs; very short hock and foot feathering; very dull color; white backs
on the blues; missing gold color on larked and mehllicht; uneven or too dark
color on isabels.
AREAS TO BE EVALUATED AND RATED: Overall impression - Station and Carriage
Globe - Foot feathering - Color and Barring