ORIGIN: This ancient breed originated in Germany and Hungary.
OVERALL IMPRESSION: A large breed; with a well developed globe; extremely long with its wings extending past the end of its tail; standing with the front part of its body semi erect and the rear part of the body close and parallel to the ground; the back line forms a gentle sloping arc.
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BREED CHARACTERISTICS
HEAD (2 pts.): Relatively long with a high forehead.
EYES AND CERES (2 pts.): Orange eyes in all colors but white; white has bull eye; eye ceres fine.
BEAK and WATTLES (1 pt.): Long strong beak; relatively small smooth wattles.
NECK (5 pts.): Long.
GLOBE (20 pts.): Huge; evenly inflated; oval to round in shape, however the rounded shape is preferred; globe to come from the chest without showing waist.
BODY STYLE and STATION (20 pts.): The Old German stands with the front part of its body raised in a semi erect station, and the rear part of its body is carried close and parallel to the ground. The bird is to have a strong body, however, the illusion of great size is caused more by its profuse loose feathering than by actual body weight mass.
BACK (5 pts.): Strong, wide, and long; the back line forms a gentle sloping arc.
WINGS (20 pts.): Very long and extending past the tail; wings should rest on the tail; flight feathers should be well folded and closed and not show any "sail" like effect or finger like separations; flights must be held wide apart and never cross or touch at their ends.
TAIL (5 pts.): Long and fairly wide without tapering.
LEGS (5 pts.): Short, strong, and clean; thighs are covered by the under carriage feathers.
FEATHER QUALITY (5 pts.): Long, strong feathering; profuse; creating a neat appearance while not being too tight.
COLOR (10 pts.): Self in white, black, red, yellow, mealy, cream, lark, blue and silver in bar, barless, and checkered; self colored also exists with white flights, which should number the same on both sides; splashed in light or dark pattern depending on the predominace of white or colored feathers; tiger must have solid colored primary flight feathers and a solid colored tail with white sprinkled on the rest of the body; dapple to have white feathers sprinkled only on the head and neck with the rest of the body colored. All colors should be rich, intense and clean.
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Band Size: F