Spanish Bagdad Pigeon Details Information

Spanish Bagdad Pigeon Origin Description Size Ornaments Colors Comment Caring and Pictures gallery Information.

Origin: Spain. Brage (pers. com.) says it was created from crosses of French Bagdads and Turkish pigeons and that Bechstein (1795) said it was very prolific.

Description: It is a utility breed, with a Bagdad type of long and straight beak. The head is long and rather flat on top. Its feathering is hard.

Size: Medlllmito large, average weight for cocks about 560 grams (20 ounces), with some weighing slightly more. The hens are slightly smaller than the cocks.

Ornaments: It is plain-headed and Clean-legged. Its main departure from Columba livia (wild type) is in its length of beak, its long and wide nose ceres, and its large eye ceres.

Colors: Black, dun, red, yellow, tail-marked and white-fiighted in blue and sillyer barred; also magpied, which is rare. The eye is red in colored birds, bull in whites.

Comment: Brage says that the breed is rare in Spain today and to be found only in Catalonia in the hands of a few fanciers. He says it is a free breeder and an excellent utility bird.

If the breed occurs in the United States, it is very rare indeed.

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.

1. Separate houses for mated pairs and odd birds.

2. A flypen, if the breed requires one that dries out easily.

3. A suitable feed ration protected from contamination.

4. A suitable mineral ration protected from contamination.

5. Water suitable for human consumption protected from contamination.

6. Suitable nesting materials.

If any one of the seven is neglected, trouble of some sort will eventually occur.

References: Wendell Mitchell Levi (1891-1976), accepted everywhere as Mr. Pigeon.

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