Old Dutch Tumbler
Old Dutch tumbler is a Dutch tumbler pigeon whose name points to the older European tradition of small, agile loft birds. As with many historic tumblers, the breed may be kept today more for type and heritage than for strong rolling performance. Its appeal lies in regional character: compact build, alert expression, tidy feathering, and the sort of balance that made tumblers practical city and village pigeons.
Fanciers raising Old Dutch tumblers usually watch for soundness first, then refine head, body, color, and station according to the standard they use. If flown, young birds should be trained gradually and not pushed into unsafe weather or heavy predator pressure. In show lofts, the practical priorities are clean feathering, good fertility, and pairings that preserve the older type without turning the bird into a generic short-faced fancy pigeon.
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
