Ghent Cropper Pieds

Pieds exist in the following colors:
with smooth wingshield:
Black Pied
Red Pied
Yellow Pied
Dun Pied
Ash Pied

with checked wingshield or bars:
Blue Pied
Ash Blue Pied
Ash Red Pied
Ash Yellow Pied
Blue Checked Pied
Ash Blue Checked Pied
Ash Red Checked Pied
Ash Yellow Checked Pied

The pieds are indentiefied by the huge crescent on their globe. This crescent is about 5 cm high in the middle and ends sharp at about 2 cm of both eyes. This crescent is called feeder ( 'slab' or ‘witlap' in dutch).

Beside the crescent are the flights, the back, the abdomen and feetfeathering in white.The white flights are between 7 and 13.

Their are three varieties: smooth, bars and checked. Checked are in dark, medium and light.

Pieds may not have a rosette (white spots) on their wings. (see Norwich and Pigmy pouter).

The average level is quiet high. There exist enough birds of most colors. Therefor pieds are popular.