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Gamefowl Bloodlines

REGULAR GREY

Regular Grey is said to be a combination of three grey families: the Law Grey, the
Sweater Grey and the Plainhead Muff Grey.
Regular Greys come green legged, sometimes with yellow, silver duck wings and
straight comb. They are medium to low-stationed and are known for power and
gameness.
Breeders note that they are as powerful and dead game as the Bluefaces. Because of
these, many breeders have made Regular Grey as their foundation line.

MCLEAN HATCH

Modern Hatches are more high flying and are faster, many coming more brainy than
usual. Their usual characteristics like power and gameness, though, are still
there, their blows often packing a wallop.They are basically medium-stationed and
peacombed with some coming straight combed.
The Hatch blood came from Sanford Hatch who blended, as story goes, a Kearney
Whitehackle with a Kearney Brown Red, mixing in other bloods like the Herman Duryea
Boston Roundheads, Jim Thompson Mahoganies, among others, to come up with his
signature Hatch fowl.
From the Sandy Hatch stocks came Ted McLean’s version of Hatch that came both
yellow and green-legged. Supposedly, these were the better Hatches that gave rise
to the other variants of the McLean like Gilmore Hatch, Blueface Hatch, Jack Walton
Hatch, Kentucky Hatch, Oakgrove Hatch, etc.

ROUNDHEAD

Peacombed, tall and white or yellow legged, Roundheads are considered as ring
generals. They are characteristically flyers and agile all-around athletes with
superb cutting ability. The most famous among the many Roundheads is the Lacy
Roundhead, originated by Judge Lacy. There are other Roundhead families like the
Bruners, Sheltons, Dan Gray, Allen and Boston. It is widely believed that this
family originated from the oriental fowl. They cross well with Clarets, Butchers,
Greys, Lemon, Kelsos and of course, Hatches.

ORIENTAL

Shamos, Asils, Japs, Thais, Jolo, Basilan, Parawak – these are just some of the
many types of oriental fowl. They are big headed, light-eyed, heavy boned, short
and tight feathered and thickly shanked chickens. Very brainy and hardy, these
chickens use an off-beat fighting style which twits the aggressive American type of
gamefowl. Accurate body hitters and smart side-steppers, asils are usually graded
up to an eighth or even a sixteenth with the American fowl in the hope of retaining
the desirable cutting and off-beat traits of the Orientals in the resulting
battlecrosss. Either you love them or you hate them – that’s the Oriental Fowl.
SWEATER

Today, one is not considered “in” if he is not breeding the Sweater fowl. Yellow
legged, peacombed, high stationed, sleek body conformation and with their
characteristic pumpkin-orange hackle feathers and swarming offensive fighting style
– Sweaters were popularized in the Philippines by Carol NeSmith who won the World
Slashers International Derby back to back. As with many families, the origin of
Sweater is mired by so many versions, some even contradictory. However, it is
commonly accepted that this blood, as originated by Sweater McGinnis, is heavy on
the Kelso blood. Today, the more well known Sweaters are those which come
from Carol NeSmith, Dink Fair, Joe Sanford, Nene Abello, Sonny Lagon, Atty. Jun
Mendoza, Raffy Campos and Edwin Aranez, Bebot and Chionkee Uy, among many others.

KEARNEY WHITEHACKLE

Kearney Whitehackle is one of the most solid bloodlines used as foundation stocks
because of its unquenchable do-or-die gameness. Straight-combed red with the
characteristic white underhackle feathers, the Kearney Whitehackle comes yellow
legged and sometimes spangle-feathered. This bloodline is one of the gamest among
the many Whitehackle subfamilies and is used only for infusion purposes to prop up
any floundering bloodline.

BUTCHER

Phil Marsh is credited for creating the Butcher bloodline, which is a blend of
Grove WhiteHackle and some Spanish fowl, the Speeder Greys. Calling them Butchers
because of his occupation, Phil Marsh often fought under the entry name “Butcher
Boys”.

Butchers are straight-combed red that often come white-legged with some coming
yellow-legged. They are known for their accurate cutting ability and brainy
fighting style, leading many experts to say “when a Butcher hits you, you are hit”.
Medium to low-stationed, Butchers sometime come spangled and brassback in color,
with the latter presently called Black Butchers.

BLUEFACE HATCH

The Blueface Hatch, a special strain of Hatches, came to be known as such because
of its pale-faced appearance, which is similar to the appearance of a fowl with
Avian Leucosis. Blueface Hatches are so good that their originator, Sweater
McGinnis, decided to breed them some more, with some ending up with Harold Brown,
Billy Ruble, Red Richardson, Percy Flowers, William Greene and other American
cocking greats. Straight-combed, green-legged and medium to low stationed,
Bluefaces have carved a reputation for gameness. Used mainly for foundation blood
purposes, old time breeders agree that the best battlecross carries only a quarter
or less of the Blueface blood.

BROWN RED

Brown Red has speed and more speed, with cutting to boot – the advantage of this
dark fowl. Coming dark-legged, dark-eyed and with characteristic black feathering,
this family is a sight to behold, since Brown Reds show more of the razzle-dazzle
shuffling action type of fighting, although their drawback is their seeming lack of
gameness and stamina.
However, because of other infusions made by breeders, there already are Brown Reds
that are game enough, lasting for more than 10 minutes. In the drag fight, these
fighters are defensive and very calculating, uncharacteristic of a typical Brown
Red.

LEMON 84

Originated by the legend Paeng Araneta, Lemon 84 has become the base used by most
Bacolod breeders. Until presently, this line is still winning. Basically from the
Hatch-Butcher-Claret blends of the late Duke Hulsey, Paeng has been able to create
sub-families from the original stocks.
Lemon 84 (called as such because the original brood cock had legband number 84)
comes lemon hackled, peacombed or straight-combed and yellow and green-legged.
Although lacking in gameness, Lemon 84 makes up for it with its almost automatic,
instinctive and precise sense of timing when it clips the opponent in mid-air and
throws his fatal punches or counterpunches. This is its most soughtafter trait
despite its medium or low station.

MUFF

Eerie looking because of the feathers on its face, the Muff is known for its
aggressive frontal fighting style. Muffs throw a barrage of blows with no letup or
billhold. Although low-stationed, Muffs have an unerring sense of accuracy when it
comes to the cutting department. Basically red in color, they come yellow-legged
and peacombed. Noted breeders of this family are Billy Ruble, John Sears and Dr.
John Kozura.

PYLE

Pyle is a plumage color that denotes one that is not red, grey or black. Pyles come
white, blue, dom, off-white, off-grey or off-red colors. They are white-legged or
yellow-legged and straight or peacombed.
They are known for their high flying style and accurate cutting. Many are not deep
game as Hatch or Whitehackle, but there are Pyles that are as game. Currently, they
are crossed with the sturdy and hardy lines to hopefully strike the perfect blend
of fighting characteristics.

Asil

Melsims Hatch

Blueband Kelso

Dink Sweater
Cardinal Kelso
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Sweater Gold

Butcher

Possum

Dan Gray

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