Bokhara Crack Tumblers

By K.D. Spurling

Bokhara Tumblers (Bokharaski Boinije) originate from the city of Bokhara in the former USSR/Imperialist Russia and are one of two ancestors to the Bokhara Trumpeter and the West Russian Trumpeter (the other ancestor is the Ankhut Trumpeter from Turkey) and is closely related to both the Uzbekistan Tumblers (Uzbekistanski Boinije) and the Baku Tumblers (Bakinski Boinije and Bakinski Kosmatsch Boinije).

Bokhara Tumblers come in the following forms:

   Shell Crested

   Double Crested (Shell & beak crest)

   Triple Crested (Shell, beak and eye crested)

    And also with or without Short muffs depending on the region of breeding.

At one time, the breed was fairly widespread in the Persian regions of Russia, but after the Bolshevik Revolution became practically non existant.

It is today rare throughout Russia and its former provinces with only a handfull of serious breeders today.

The bloodline I imported are strictly Milky factored birds in all the variations from the loft of the famous Statnije breed legend (and close friend) Ivan Schmelev of Yekaterinagrad, Urals.

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