OVERALL IMPRESSION: The Brunner Pouter presents an elegant and pleasing
appearance. It has a lively and vigorous temperament, characterized by
much strutting, bowing, and hopping during courting. This courting play
is performed by both cock and hen. An erect, upright posture, providing
a long, narrow appearance is most desirable. The back and tail should form
a straight line descending at about a 60 degree angle. The inflated crop
should stand out distinctly from the back of the neck. A Brunner Pouter
should be just a bit smaller than a Pigmy Pouter. It should in no way be
more than 13 inches in length as measured from the point of the beak to
the tip of the tail.
HEAD (3 pts.): Delicately formed, a little on the lengthy side,
forehead only slightly rounded; narrow when observed form the front.
BEAK (3 pts.): Medium in length and quite thin. A sharp bend at the end of the upper mandible is quite proper. Beak color for white, isabel, red, and yellow should be light horn. All other colors should have dark brown to black beaks. Nose cere should be white for all colors and be smooth and fine in texture.
EYES (3 pts.): Deep yellow or orange for all colored birds. Bull in whites. Eye cere to be dark flesh for black or blue color variations. The eye cere color for all others should be light flesh.
THROAT (3 pts.): Sharply bent or defined without dewlap; should be completely covered when crop is inflated.
NECK (3 pts.): As long as possible without appearing out of proportion. It should be slightly distended in the back when the crop is inflated. The juncture of the neck and back is to be distinctly apparent.
GLOBE (15 pts.): When inflated, the crop should be as "round as a ball". It should be set as high as possible with particular emphasis on the juncture between crop and waist/back of the bird. This characteristic accents the elegance of the bird. The beak should be set tightly on the globe so that only the upper mandible is visible.
BREAST (10 pts.): Long and narrow; lack of "depth" is appropriate. The breastbone may be visible.
BACK (5 pts.): Long and very narrow, especially between the shoulders.
WINGS (5 pts.): Narrow and long; they may be held high and little apart from the body; primary flight feathers are to be well crossed over the base of the tail.
TAIL (5 pts.): Medium in length, well closed with moderate width; should exceed the ends of the wings in length by a small amount.
FEET AND LEGS (15 pts.): Legs should be long and give a high standing appearance, without the so-called "frog leg stance". They should be approximately a finger’s width apart. Parallel, to give the impression that finger inserted between them at the breastbone could be moved down to the ground and touch both legs all the way down. When viewed from the side, a slight bend at the "elbow" is permissible to avoid the appearance of being "stilted". The upper leg should be only lightly feathered. Both the upper and lower leg should be long and "fine" in bone. The lower leg is not feathered. Lower leg and toes should be vivid red. Toe nails should correspond in color to the beak color.
FEATHERS (5 pts.): Soft and well aligned; moderate in length.
STATION AND SHOWMANSHIP (10 pts.): The back and tail should form a straight line descending at about a 60 degree angle. Fine Brunners should show easily, displaying much strutting, bowing, and hopping.
COLOR AND MARKINGS (15 pts.):
Selfs in; red, yellow, black, blue, silver, ash red, and ash yellow;
White barred in: red, yellow, black, blue, and isabel; Storked in: red,
yellow, and black; Tigered in: red, yellow, and black; Pied in: red, yellow,
black, blue, silver, ash red, and ash yellow; Gansel (magpied) in: red,
yellow, black, and blue. All colors should be rich and lustrous - this
is especially true for black, red, and yellow selfs. Rich colors make a
good bird considerably better. Blacks should be a polished black; reds
are vivid red neither faded nor brownish; yellows are rich, golden yellow;
isabels should be a soft color but dark enough for the bars to remain visible;
blues should be light blue with the crop and neck a deeper shade with good
green sheen; black barred blues are a shade darker than white barred blues.
Bars should be narrow and unbroken. White barred birds to have clear white
bars with no trace of coloring. Blues with white bars have a narrow black
edge towards the back of the bar. Stork marked birds are basically white
with colored tail, flights, bib, and head. Tigered birds should have every
other feather white along with colored flights and tail. Ash red (mealy)
and ash yellow should be as light as possible with dark bars.
NOTED POINTS: When raising Brunners, special attention must be paid to fineness of bone, high erect posture, well developed crop, long, straight legs, narrow stance, and fine body and proportionate length throughout.
SERIOUS FAULTS: Oversized body Plump, short figure Horizontal stance Poor leg setting Oversized rather than ball shaped crop Wide hanging wings Split tail Feathering on the legs Poor color.