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Back in the 1980s l had Chinese Owls and enjoyed them
very much, and that’s where I became acquainted with the color
Qualmond. I had them in check pattern, also bar in the blue factor.
I liked them a lot as they were easy to produce crossing them on
blue bar and blue check Chinese Owls. I no longer raise Chinese
Owls, but remember the color that I liked so well some 40 years
ago. Since getting into breeding and showing Old German Owls,
and being a master breeder now, I was looking for some other
challenge. Deciding I had good enough birds, I began with a project
in producing a color that does not exist
in the Old German Owl breed at this
time. So in 2018 while showing my Old
German Owls in the National Young
bird show in Louisville, Kentucky, I
caught up with Victor Cline. He raises
Chinese Owls and also is an and Old
German Owl breeder. I asked him if he
had any Qualmond colored Chinese
Owls he could sell. Victor said he had
two of them – both cock birds – and
he would be willing to let them go. I
told Vic I’d like to get one of them to
cross on my blue check and blue bar
Old German Owls. So I bought the cock
bird which looked like a spread colored
Qualmond or a very tight T-pattern.
In the spring of 2019, I paired the
Chinese Owl Qualmond to a nice blue
check hen Old German Owl. I got two
fertile eggs on the first round 18 days
later, two youngsters, and 10 days later
banding them noticing they were both
going to be Qualmond colored. I was
so excited watching the youngsters
develop white flights and pied mark-
ings on head – another plus. Now the
youngsters are weaned and the pair
is on their second set of eggs, babies
Qualmond
By Leonard Kuzminski
Q
uinn’s almond, Qualmond was discovered in wild barn
pigeon sometime ago by pigeon geneticist Joe Quinn,
consequently turning the new find into naming the color
Qualmond. This color is in many pigeons. To name a few it’s in
Homing Pigeons, Fantails, African Owls, Pouters and Chinese Owls.
The Original Cross - Blue Check Old German Owl Mated to Chinese Owl Qualmond Color
F-1 on the Nest
F-1 Mated To Blue Bar Old German Owl Cock
F-1 Nest Mate
F-1 Hen Nest Mate in Qualmond Color
F-1 Hen in Qualmond Color and in Adult Plumage