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.

Yellow-legged Hatch

One of the most popular of the Hatch family for its proven winning ways. The YLH is
100% yellow legged, it is 70% straight combed and 30% pea combed, with light red
feathers and is black breasted. These gamecocks are deadly accurate cutters, have
deep game and possess very powerful legs and has good endurance for drag fights.

They are a cross between the already proven line of Blueface Hatch of renown breeder
Sandy Hatch, Whitehackle and Boston Roundhead for one truly murderous gamefowl.
Hatches are aggressive, fast fighters and deadly cutters. Considered as ground fighters
and low headed. Hatches hit very hard and are known for their deep game every time
they fight.

Brassback

Brassbacks fowl do not run from a fight, even with a broken wing or leg or a blinded
eye, they will chase their opponent until they kill it, even in a drag fight.

Sometimes, this fighting spirit is what sustains a Brassback and lets it pull off a win in
spite of injuries sustained during a fight. They can outlast even modern gamefowl
opponents today.

Despite being extremely hostile to other roosters or enemys, Brassback are very tame
with human and are gentle and very easy to handle and train.

Democrats

Democrats fight like their Kelso-Hatch bloodline roosters: intelligent and accurate
cutters like Clarets and powerful hitting like the Hatch. Like the Hatch, they also got the
notoriety of killing an opponent in one blow even while just sparring with bare spurs or
leather put-ons.

Payton Democrats break well and fight like Lemons, ducking overhead attacks and
side-stepping an incoming rooster, waiting for it to recover and attack again, then letting
it all out as they come in. They fight smart even when they initiate combat, hitting
accurately and powerfully. But more often, they watch their opponents for an opening
before they attack, This is called by many sabongeros as "Salto"

Some recommend crosses with modern Kelso’s like the Out-and-Out for Philippine-style
knife fights for a winning rooster. Crossed with Lemons (Hulsey’s) gives the Democrat
better counter-attacking instincts and agility. Cross with McRae Black-Hatch gives them
speed attacks in any battle.
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