Breslau Shortface

Trans. from German by Thomas Hellmann

Origin: Created from Prague SF in Breslau.

General impression: Small, racy, but strong, plainheaded or with a shell crest

Breed's characteristics

Head: square shaped, the plainheads show defined edges on frontal and back part of the skull, the head of the crested birds is a bit rounder; frontal steep, well filled and as wide as possible

Eyes: Small pupil, wide iris of pearl color, single or double ringed eye cere, color matching the color of the plumage

Beak: Nearly short, blunt, straight set, of medium strength, color matching the color of the plumage

Neck: Slender, getting narrower towards the throat, no gullet

Breast: of medium width

Back: of medium width and short, not sloping

Wings: Wing butt prominent, flights well closed, carried on the tail

Tail: of medium length, closed

Legs: of medium length, feet clean of feathers, color of nails matching the color of the plumage

Plumage: tightly fiffing to the body, rather short

Colors: Blue with black bars, black, red, yellow, copper, blue-eulig (Note of translator: don't kuow, normally I would use "grizzle" but also some grizzles are mentioned), light blue-eulig, blue grizzle, red grizzle, yellow grizzle, light stork, color storked in black, red and yellow; Tigers in black, blue, red, yellow and copper

Color and marking:All colors pure, dense and lustrous. Blue: Steel blue with intense green sheen and black bars. Eulig: basic color with regular, more or less pepper-like mixture and either lighter or darker lacing of the feathers. Grizzle: Colored feather that look like they are covered with white frost or white feathers that are branded with color on their tips. Light stork: white basic color, tips of flights and tail bar of gray-blue color, blackish gray or totally white. Some colored feathers on head and neck are tolerated. Color storks: white basic color, colored are head, tail, primary flights and as many secondaries as possible. Tigers: marking as regular as possible all over the body, tail and flights colored.

Grave faults: crude body, longish head, red eye cere, pointed beak, down facing beak, insufficient color or marking

Judging order: General impression - head and beak - body - station - color of eye cere, eyes and plumage

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