Asiatic Crack Tumbler (Turkish Takla Tumbler)
The Asiatic Crack Tumbler, often linked with the Turkish Takla tumbler tradition, is a domestic pigeon selected for aerial performance. Takla-type birds are associated with tumbling, clapping, diving, and repeated display around the home loft, though style and naming vary by region. The long combined label points to a performance family rather than to one simple color or showroom outline.
Management should focus on safe training, fitness, and honest performance records. Young birds need careful settling before free flight, then gradual work in small kits so the keeper can judge control, stamina, and return habits. Predators, wires, and hard tumbling near the ground are real risks. Breeders should avoid choosing only by color or dramatic movement; birds also need sound wings, reliable homing, fertility, and health. Buyers should ask how the line flies, how often it is trained, and whether the name reflects Turkish Takla ancestry, a local tumbler strain, or a show listing.
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