I have websites before but they have always seemed to perish at some point. I hope this guide to Bokhara breeding will be more long lived. To me the Bokhara is much more than a pigeon, it is a simply a lifestyle. Ever seen since I learned about their existence at the age of 13 I was fascinated by them and that did not get less once I saw them for the first time at the European Show in Herning in 1986. They were and are simply unique.
While my love for pigeons surely stem from my father it was my uncle Villy who turned my attention towards Trumpeters. He had a group of free flying pigeons, all black and white splashed or mottled and some had a crest, while others had short feathers on their feet. He was greatly fascinated by dark mottle color (Pre breeding this splashes he had bred Danish Tumblers and flown English Tipplers). Upon my asking about the funny feathers he told me it came from Trumpeters and being a man with a love for history would sit down and tell me about the very ancient and expensive Trumpeters from the monasteries of Bukhara. That planted the seed which is now causing me still to breed Trumpeter pigeons some 35 years later. The photo is a Danish Trumpeter, the Trumpeter pigeon of my childhood
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