Baghdad Pigeon

Baghdad Pigeons

Baghdad Pigeon - Known in our country as Baghdad, Baghdad, Baghdadiye and Baghdad, this pigeon race is of Iraqi origin. In the world, Bagdat, Baghdad, Bagdette are similarly known by name. Today it is grown in our eastern and southeastern regions. Only their number has decreased. Precautions need to be taken to protect it.

There are several types of Baghdad pigeons originating from this breed, originating in the world and especially in Europe. This pigeon with origins in Baghdad as we grow pigeon is no similarity except a certain similarity of blood. Baghdad pigeons bred in our country are more like Syrian Baghdad.

It is impossible to accustom the Baghdad pigeons to another place after having nested in one place. Even if 10 years have passed, it is said to return to its first home when you quit. These features have made them a highly valued pigeon. In the western regions of our country, although there is a wrong tendency to call pigeons brought from the Iraqi region and our Eastern regions in general, the name Baghdad characterizes this race, which has distinctive and distinctive features in both the eastern and southeastern and other regions. Sometimes it is also known that homing pigeons are called Baghdad. Baghdad pigeons were used as homing pigeons in ancient times, but they represent separate races with the homing pigeons we know today. They have names like "Post Nose" and "Homoma" locally.

Baghdad to participate in the territory of the Ottoman Empire has been the statutory period in the year 1534. Later, Baghdad, which was conquered by the Iranians for a while, was finally taken back in 1639 during the reign of Murat IV. Error 4. In memory of his receipt of Murat Bağdat, he built the famous Baghdad mansion, located in the Topkapı palace in Istanbul today. It is known that Baghdad pigeons have been bred in Iraq since the Ottoman era. In the Ottoman period, these pigeons continued to be bred and developed in the region. These pigeons are a known breed of pigeons in ancient times, valued in all surrounding areas. For many pigeon race named in this source said, to say that the transfer of the securities is not wrong to think and find the most expensive bird. It is a bird used mostly in communication. Its long flight and attachment to its nest made it a good homing pigeon. Oyunlu is not a bird, overturning a manner similar features are not available. Anatolia in ancient times was used as releasing birds. Keelbirds are the leading pigeons that have been dropped in a certain distance in general and the sooner they return to their nest. Pigeons used in keel races, an ancient mother who has sustained since the Ottoman era in Anatolia, are often our race. Keel races take steps when different birders leave their birds at the same time from a designated remote point. If any bird returns to its nest before, that bird is considered to have won the race. The distances that birds are left vary between 50 and 100 km. Evliya Çelebi says that the Baghdad pigeons left from Bursa were able to reach Istanbul immediately. We get the oldest details about these pigeons from Evliya Çelebi, who visited Baghdad in the 1650s. After talking about these pigeons for a long time, Evliya Çelebi gives us valuable information by investigating the origin of these pigeons in Baghdad. Compared to this information, the history of Baghdad pigeons goes back to ancient times. He states that the priests in the old church located inside the castle called "birds castle" in Baghdad used these birds for communication purposes and this tradition was continued and developed by the Baghdad traders after them. Egypt at the time of these birds, Damietta, Alexandria, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Marrakesh, Yembe, Jeddah, Mecca and we learn from that Evliya Celebi again fed in Yemen. At that time, these pigeons were taken to Damascus, Egypt, Aleppo, Hind and Sind, and they were tied to their backs, and were coming back to Baghdad.

Baghdad pigeons are a larger breed than normal pigeons. Body weights should not be less than 500 - 600 grams. There are also those who gain a weight. The beak is long and thick. Nostrils are evident. The nose is fleshy. Those with large flesh on the nose are more preferred. The feet are legless and have a big red color. The toes are remarkably long. The color of the eyes is orange or red, and the eyes are large. The red eye color is acceptable in these pigeons. The eye area is hairless, red and fluffy. It is an eagle-looking pigeon race with a long bow down and neck. These pigeons become wattled. Although it has every color, it is mostly black. The types that carry different colors scattered on black are common.
Today, the oldest in Anatoliatight it is uncommon. It can even be said to have been exhausted. It is a race that can be found especially in the east and southeastern Anatolia. This race of our race is also in danger. It needs to be taken under protection and developed urgently.