Pappatacci or Spanish Primitive Jacobin Pigeon origin description size ornaments colors comment caring and pictures gallery:
Origin:
An
Aegean Sea country: Greece, Cyprus or Crete, then brought to the province of
Catalonia in Spain. Pappatacci is a Greek word meaning "arrangement of
hairs" and by extension, "a wig." Pappatacci is a word foreign
to the language of the Catalonians. From 1302-1313 the Catalonians ruled
Athens, Greece, by conquest and presumably brought home this breed, as
conquerors have done throughout history. In 650 years the Catalonians have
apparently never changed the name nor tried "to improve" the breed.
Cortes (1613) described the breed as did other Spanish authors of the 17th and
18th centuries.
Description:
It
is a fancy breed. Its head and neck ornaments leave the head and eye uncovered;
the bird has vision in all directions and is not inconvenienced for flight. Its
body feathers are long, soft and loose. Its primaries and rectrices are long,
the flights carried upon the tail. This breed differs from the Old Dutch
Capuchine, whose body is short, with tight, firm plumage. All that the two
apparently have in common are their head and neck ornaments.
Size:
Small,
average weight 310 to 340 grams.
Ornaments:
It
has a primitive or incomplete, hood and chain compared with those of the
Jacobin of today and is bred clean-legged or muffed.
Colors:
All colors exist with mottled and splashed the most common. Its eye is red or
orange in colored birds, bull in whites. Its eye cere is red but narrow and not
conspicuous.
Comment:
This breed is becoming rare in Spain and so far as known it does not exist in
the United States.
Seven steps must follows for Pigeon
growing:
The
requirements for pigeon breeding are simple, but they must be followed to be
successful. There should be no relaxing or neglect at any time, for it is much
easier to prevent trouble than to eliminate disease, parasites or vermin once
these have occurred.
- A dry house with the inside protected from rain or snow.
- Separate houses for mated pairs and odd birds.
- A flypen, if the breed requires one that dries out easily.
- A suitable feed ration protected from contamination.
- A suitable mineral ration protected from contamination.
- Water suitable for human consumption protected from contamination.
- Suitable nesting materials.
If any one of the seven is
neglected, trouble of some sort will eventually occur.
References: Encyclopedia of Pigeon breeds by
Wendell Mitchell Levi, accepted everywhere as Mr. Pigeon.
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