German Colored Tail Owl

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Konigsberg colored tail owl

Standard Nr.
Origin	Germany
Group	Fancy pigeons
Bred from	?
General impression	Active and trustful
Colour	Black, blue, red, yellow
Variants	?
Size	Average
Band size	Bare-legged 7 mm Feather-legged 9 mm
Not admitted	?
List of Pigeon Breeds

The German colored tail owl (German: Königsberger Farbenköpfe) is a breed of pigeon developed in the mid-18th century in Königsberg, East Prussia, from which it gets its German name. This breed of pigeon is well-known in Russia because Königsberg is now a part of Russia, and is known as Kaliningrad.

1 General Impression
2 Flying
3 Keeping
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] General Impression

German colored tail owls have a black, red, white, yellow and blue coat. They resemble the gull, but have more interesting feathering; their rudders and heads can be of any color. Pigeons of this species have perfect body posture, lordly air and high carriage.

[edit] Flying

They are mostly kept as fancy (show) pigeons, but with regular training they can be taught to fly well.

[edit] Keeping

Keeping and breeding requires care. The breed is brevirostrate, which can cause difficulty in breeding and keeping. A good breeding program requires nurse pigeons - medium-billed and long-billed pigeons with good chick-nurture qualities.