A: I am not sure which but I've heard of other breeds having this too. It is, as the name suggests, an head ornament that is feathers sticking out on both sides of the beak at top corners of where the beaks meets the head.
The Blue light check in the picture has this but the picture is not that clear. I hope you can see it.
A: I can say I am anti-Americanized Syrian Coop Tumbler but never an anti-coop tumbler if these are the correct terminology. I have given reasons before on why it is waste of time for a fancier who is looking for a flying performing breed to try coop but, if you are certain that the birds you are about the get are recent imports and have not been introduced to show biz yet. You might get some good birds. In fact, some of the birds I am trying to import are coops out of Turkey. Coop is a beautiful bird if it's pure. It has it's own limitations, just like takla, when it comes to performance and this is strictly due to the physique of the bird. If you look at the birds shown below, it is easy to see how much more bulk the takla have over the coop and this is necessary for a bird to be an extreme performer. Also, tell me how many times you have seen a coop tumbler that looks like the bird on the left? I haven't seen any yet here but I have seen many coops that look like something between a coop and a West of England tumbler. I would question the fancier who is trying to tell you that is a coop tumbler but most of them have never seen a real coop tumbler in their life.
A Coop Tumbler Cock
A Takla Cock
A: I use two different feed mix.
For the flyers, I use wheat & oat strictly. I might give some lentil for protein or dry green beans if I see them getting too thin. It is very important to keep in mind that these birds are not supposed to be fat and never feed them corn. For the breeders, I get fancy and try to come up with my own mixes of wheat, oat, barley totaling up to 95% of the feed. The rest is made out of peas, safflower, small sunflower seed, milo to give them variety.
If I see the young too weak, I also add cracked corn for a short period.
