Apatin Tumbler
The Apatin Tumbler is a Balkan tumbler pigeon associated with Apatin, a town on the Danube in Serbia. It belongs to the regional tradition of flying and fancy tumblers, where local loft families may value performance, color, and type together. The breed name points to place as much as to the tumbling behavior.
Apatin Tumblers need a secure loft and, if flown, a careful training routine that lets young birds learn the area before demanding performance. Breeders should select for clean tumbling or flight style, strong orientation, body type, fertility, and the markings expected in their line. Balkan tumbler names can be quite local, so source loft and community knowledge matter. Overcrowding and careless mixing quickly blur the qualities that make the breed distinct.
Colors: Almond, Ash Red, Bar, Barless, Black, Blue, Brown, Checker, Dilute, Dun, Grizzle, Indigo, Mottle, Opal, Pied, Recessive Red, Red, Silver, Splash, Spread, White, Yellow
