This breed was originated in Novi Sad (former Yugoslavia) in 1960. The man who brought this breed to existance is a well known pigeon fancier by the name of Merc Jovan.

The first "Novi Sad SF" ever produced was a pure white bird. The other colors we see now came later. With it's small body, short beak, big beautiful eyes and the low set crest of this breed it's no wonder it quickly became one of the most popular breed in Yugoslavia.

The first standard for this breed was written by Pera Letic- Author of "Genetics in Pigeons in Yugoslavia". According to Dr. Stevan Sekiz this bird has many of the most difficult features to produce in one bird. Novi Sad SF is a nice, soft and beautiful bird. Even though this bird may seem delicate it is a well tempered and active bird. My birds all came from my very good friend Mr. Milan Markovic. Without Milan's help I would not have these birds. Milan is a great guy who has always helped me. Mr. Markovic is the only other person in USA who also has these birds. All of these birds came from his brother's lofts is Serbia. Milan's brother's birds all have champion blood lines and have won many shows in Serbia. In fact his birds were featured in a year 2000 Serbian Calendar.

Novi Sad SF Standard

Translated from Serbian to English By Saso Petkovski.

Color: White, Black, Red, Yellow, Dun, Blue black Bar, Silver black Bar. Tigered in: Black, Yellow and Red. Also comes in a variety of magpie colors.

Head: Short with high,wide and rounded forhead. Head length measured horizontal from the beak up around the head to the base of the skull should be: 22-28 mm. Head hight measured from the beak opening vertical to the top of the beak should be at least : 14mm and head width measured by the forehead should be about :20mm. Back part of the head is longer then the forehead.

Eye: Big, iris white with small black pupil. Eye ceres whitish -yellow colored. On white birds only both the iris and the pupil are pure black.

Beak: Short and wide, set little down with whitish yellow color. In Black and sometimes Red birds on the top of the beak is a small black dot. Beak length from the base to the tip should be no longer then: 14mm and no shorter than 10mm. Beak width measured from one side of the base across to the other side should be at least 9mm.

Crest: Low set, good formed and rounded.

Body: Neck short and the width is evenly proportioned to the chest. Chest good sized , well developed and nicely rounded. Body length measured from the base of the head to the end of the tail should be 23-25 Cm. Chest width together with the wings should be 9-12 Cm. The tail is medium length , a little longer than the wings. Wings short and thight against the body and rest on the top of the tail.

Legs: Short, bright red and free of feathers. Toe nails the color of the beak.

Faults: Long, pointed,thin or stained beak (not including the black dot), Big and incorrectly formed head, Long legs, Red eye ceres, Long and wide tail, Tolong of a body , Small chest and poorly formed crest.

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