ORIGIN: City of Kazan, along the Volga River in Russia. First recognized around 1870.
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STYLE AND BALANCE (15 pts.): Should give the impression of an alert, petite, well balanced and stylish bird. Should show proper station at all times. Refer to standard drawing. Faults: Standing on tiptoe, carrying breast too high, head carried back too far.
BODY
Size (5 pts.): Medium small tumbler, well packed chest, rounded off. Fault: Too big. Head (10 pts.): Small and oval rounded. Never crested. Slight frontal desirable. Faults: Too big, too flat. Eyes and Beak (5 pts.): Pearl eyes in colored head situation, bull where head is more than half white. Eye ceres should be flesh tone and fine in texture. Beak should be medium in length and set straight like a roller. Not too blunt or too thick at base. Faults: Orange eyes. Down face beak setting. Large, rough eye cere. Beak too small or too long. Neck (10 pts.): Medium in length and delicate looking. Should taper from the body becoming thinner as it meets the head. Must shake (zitter). Faults: Neck too short or "bull" neck. Breast and Back (10 pts.): Medium sized, well packed and rounded breast. Back not too long, preferably 2" or less from neck base to tail base. Back has slight concave. Faults: Breast too cobby or too large. Flights (10 pts.): Medium in length. Must droop below the tail. Should not drag the ground. Hard, tight feathering desirable. Faults: Flights frayed from constantly dragging the ground. Not below the tail. Legs and Muffs (5 pts.): Legs are medium short and heavily groused. Faults: Legs too long, bare toes/feet or excessively muffed; more than 2". Tail (10 pts.): Tail is medium in length and very bushy, containing 13 or more feathers. Carried level or slightly elevated. When bird gets excited, tail should go up. Faults: Less than 13 tail feathers, twisted feathers.CONDITION (10 pts.): Healthy clean, and alert. Free of parasites. Sound, solid body.
COLOR AND MARKINGS (10 pts.): Deep and rich in all colors. Selfs showing no checkering. Markings to be clear and distinct. Selfs in: Black, dun, red, yellow, lavender, and white. Barred, checker and t-pattern in: Mealy, cream, dun, blue, and silver. Markings are: Self, self white flight, splash, magpied, bearded, gansel, body marked, and self with white tail.
DISQUALIFICATIONS:
SUGGESTED ORDER OF JUDGING: Overall appearance and balance - Head, eyes, and beak, overall size - Neck, tail, and flights - Breast and back, legs and muffs -Color and markings