Charles Darwin spoke of the Carrier in his famous work Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication . Now, you may think that this very old drawing is probably a bit of an exaggeration. Well, click here to see a photograph of one of these carriers today, and you be the judge. Only a few other breeds can affect people so differently. Carrier Fanciers, as they are known in the pigeon breeding hobby, call this breed the king of all the pigeon breeds, while others find this the most downright ugly of all breeds in existence.
Few people seem to take the middle ground.
Type and station in pigeon breeding terminology refers to the bird's overall size and shape and the way it carries itself. Carriers belong to the group of wattle pigeons that originated in England. Carriers have a wattle with a walnut-like structure. The upper half is takes three years to develop. The lower half is somewhat smaller.