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Welcome to the Glasgow Feather Club. We hope you enjoy your visit and bear with us as we develop the site. With this site we hope to be informative, constructive and progressive. We welcome any sensible, positive input. You will find a guest-book in the 'Pigeons and Art' page, please take the time to sign. Photographs on this site are from lofts and aviaries around the world, articles from various sources, thanks to all who contribute.
There are many varieties of fancy pigeons. Some of them are very colourful, some have unusual feather adornments or feathered feet. Some varieties are kept for flying, some for decorative purposes, some purely for exhibition. Pigeons are a lot of fun and very interesting, they have intrigued people for a very long time, embracing aspects of both art and science.Please click on the links at the bottom of the page to find out more.
Dove-cotes make an attractive addition to any garden and many varieties of fancy pigeons will be at home in a garden cote.
Owls and Frills
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Oriental Frills and African owls have round heads and short beaks, the Frills have feather adornments too, a peak crest on their head and feathered feet. They are a very colourful breed with fine, stencilled patterns. There are different types of Oriental Frill, the Blondinette, and the Satinette which are white-patterned birds.
Valencian Figurita
One of the smallest varieties of Fancy Pigeon, The Figurita has a small, squared head, a neck frill, and very dainty characteristics. Click here to visit Ad van Benten's site or here to visit the German club site.
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Show and Exhibition Homers
Many of the varieties that were once used as messenger pigeons, homers and racers, have been developed as exhibition breeds. Click here for more info on Carriers
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There are many varieties of Pouter and Cropper, the Norwich Cropper (above left) is one of the largest, with an enormous balloon. The Pigmy pouter (middle) is one of the smallest, with long legs and slippered feet. Pouters and Croppers are very friendly like the White Gaditano, a Spanish cropper, above right.
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Popular varieties are the tumblers and high-fliers, these are birds which perform acrobatics in flight, dropping out of the sky from great heights. Many varieties have been developed as exhibition birds with large, round heads and short beaks. The Northern Roller Club caters for the Show Roller. The English Short Faced Tumbler is a very small exhibition pigeon, the Long faced tumbler is much larger and comes in clean-legged and 'muffed' varieties, which have long feathers on their legs. Many of the flying, performing varieties are small birds, such as the L.F. Viennese and the Catalonian tumblers.
American Short Face Pigeon Club
Viennese Highflier.
Viennese highfliers fly at extraordinary altitude, often disappearing out of sight! Click here to visit Johnny Ajluni's Site
Catalonian Tumblers
Catalonian tumblers come in a wide assortment of colours and patterns.Gary Young's Catalonian tumbler pages show many of these beautiful combinations and there are more pictures at Curaj Lofts
Portuguese Tumblers
These are very pretty and colourful pigeons, this is an Almond hen. Click here for more info and standard.(In Dutch)
Click here for more information about high-flying tipplers
Swifts
Egyptian and Syrian swifts are very ancient and very beautiful pigeons. You can find out more about them at the Syrian Breeds Club.
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This site has been constructed by Graeme.R.Boyd on behalf of The Glasgow Feather Club.
Graeme can be contacted on: glasgowfeather@yahoo.com
'Thanks for the pigeons Dad'
