29/04/2020
امریکہ میں American fantail اور Indian fantail کسے کہا جاتا ہے خاص ان دوستوں کے لئے جو کہتے ہیں کہ کیونکہ اس breed کا امریکہ میں سائز بڑا کیا گیا اسلیے یہ American fantail ہے- یہ آرٹیکل North America کے بریڈر اور Indian fantail club of North America کے founding ممبر Givo G نے خود لکھا ہے خاص طور پر ہمارے پاکستانی دوستوں کے لئے
The pigeon hobby and love for our birds brings breeders from all around the world together.
With so many cultures and languages, we all become one.
Over the years, there have been questions about the type of bird standards and the naming of them.
The Indian Fantail Standard vs American Fantail Standard
The original Indian Fantail was brought to United states many years ago as a feeder bird for snakes from India.
They were then saved and that is kind of when it all started.
Like many birds, the Standard of that original bird today has been cleaned and polished to what we show.
Everyday breeders from around the world make improvements to that same bird.
The American Fantail is almost a different bird let alone a different breed.
The body of the American Fantail has a different bone structure that allows for such stance.
They are much smaller then the Indian Fantail.
The question in standard is not asked when they are side by side, because it is very visible.
The standard of those birds gets asked about it online, when a person has not seen those birds in person.
I know the naming of these birds in far east, India-Pakistan for example are also talked about.
All pigeons have been transformed from the original rock dove over thousands of years.
The Indian Fantail, along with other Pigeon Breeds have just recently been put into a record keeping called Standard of Perfection.
The Standard of Perfection of each breed has and will always change, as breeders make evolutionary changes to that bird.
For example the Kormoner Tumbler is much larger today then it was even 10 years ago.
The Indian Fantail just like other breeds has also seen some changes, mostly in color.
Years ago, I was at the NPA Grand National, when I saw a first Lemon color introduced by Dan Skiles.
No one imagined that we would get some colors or stencils in todays birds.
One day, the Indian Fantail as we know today, might be 3 feet tall, and have colors similar to those of a peacock.
As seen in a project Steve Shaw has been working on - The American Fantasy. With same standard as the Indian Fantail but a full crest like seen in the Old Dutch Capuchine.
That project of mixing different breeds to get that bird has taken many years, and still has a few to go to be perfect.
Also in recent years, there are now Mindians - Mini Indian Fantails, that have the same Standard but have a maximum size, cannot be larger then certain size.
There are many other Fantails - Syrian Fantail - has a small upside down V as a tail, Thai Fantail - smaller,clean legged with frill as tail.
There was a comment on Facebook about changing the Name from Indian Fantail to American Fantail because Americans made it.
This has almost become like politics, which I hate to talk about.
The name of the Indian Fantail is there to give hommage to where the Fantail originated, it has not changed, but like I stated previously, just polished to the Standard we know today.
We as breeders are ever evolving our birds, like the example of the American Fantasy.
When all this evolution to the Indian Fantail was being done in United States,
in India the bird stayed similiar up until the 1990-95 when birds were imported back from countries like Saudi Arabia, and those birds had originated from United States.
The birds we see today in India are a mixture imported birds and original birds. The same goes for most countries in that region.
When there are no standards, a breed is just a random breed. One cannot compare birds.
Lucky for everyone today, The Standard Of Perfection of the Indian Fantail has been adopted around the world, and there have been so many import/exports around the world.
If your bird does not look like the any of the Standards for any of the fantails, then one must be created or your bird is just a mix.
It takes years of showing that bird for it to be made into a Standard, one that can be duplicated.
Like I said, we as breeders have come together from aroun the world, and I am very proud to know people from places I have never been.
I know this might start a discussion, but that is what is great and maybe even needed.
I might have missed a few things or not named names. I hope this helps everyone and happy breeding!!
Thank you
Added note that Gary found on the UK club, complete history. https://indianfantail.com/indian-fantail-history-chapter-one/