Black devil warhorse gamefowl

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Black devil warhorse gamefowl

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I bred this cock single mated on one of my old Blue hens and he nicked well with my blood. I am not writing to uphold the merits of individual fowl, but rather the species.

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Gamefowl Circuit readers always want to know how each bloodline fights, and how each may match up against each other. Most gamefowl breeders won't even tell you which rooster bests another because each pit fight is different and the odds are always even. Some underrated breeds have lucky come from behind wins and they really occur over even the winningest gamefowl. But knowing how each bloodline fights gives you a heads-up on what you might want to breed or how you may enjoy your entertainment when you go to your next pit fight. The Brown Red is a speed cutter, a showboat of a multiple hitting fighting fowl known for razzle-dazzle shuffling action type of fighting.

Black devil warhorse gamefowl

DanBar Ranch. Warhorse Game Fowl. There are some who will say that the greatest families of fighting fowl ever sent ot America from the British Isles were the Whitehackles of North Briton and the Stone Irish or Warhorses of Ireland. Tom Bacon a main of cocks at Columbia, S. Stone used against Bacon two styles of cocks evidently of different families and distinctive in appearance. One portion of them showing bright red plumage, black or mottled breast, orange hackle, yellow beak and moccasin legs stripped on the outside with flesh colored red. These he called Gliders or Claibornes and I am informed that occasionally one showed a tassel and some few a round head with pea comb. The other cocks he showed were brown and mahogany reds. All smooth heads and single, straight comb with black faces, comb black or sooty looking, eyes dark red or hazel brown not black and lead or dark legs. These he called his "Irsih Brown Reds.

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He was not in a position to breed any cocks but bought all that he used. Later on Foster quit pitting cocks on account of his corpulency and gave every feather over to Peter Sherron, with the understanding that latter would take Foster on as partner in all battles fought with these cocks. He passed away several years ago at the age of 86 and to the time of death fought his cocks. For instance, Hasel, by mating a dark-blue stag that I gave him over one of his white leg red hens, produced a white leg blue-red stag that proved, in the brood yard, to be one of the best producers of all. For me they seldom went to the drag as they always tried for a quick kill. After that follows part of a letter from Mr. He got, form the Hardy Bros. They had condition and won, and they were exclusively short heel cocks bred in a short heel country and had no right to win according to the controversial disturbances among the long and short gaff enthusiasts. My uncle assured me that the Pyle stag mated to the five pullets would produce the greatest chickens on earth. The Chappells and their Doms migrated to Alabama and settled in the town of Falkville just north of present day Cullman. Franklin, of Columbia, S. The hens were mostly whippoorwill brown, with quite a number shading off to jet black.

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I have had a life long affection for Blue fowl and at times a belly full of resentment for Blue fowl. At first they were white almost. Until this day my uncle has never denied my obtaining his best cock or stag if I wanted them or needed them. He took us to his home and showed us may fine cocks in pens. These were black-red and brown-red with dark legs and large, dark eyes and long, tough plumage. I have a letter that Nick wrote me sent from Chicago, about eleven years ago asking me to have his hens caught up as he would be after them soon. I lost the pea comb pullet. This was about On of the Blue occks fought that day was the famous Pretty Boy Floyd cock, and I remember that he won easily. He was a cocker with a large following who had had his defeats and bore them gamely. Both strains are a beautiful fowl and both show white in wing and tail, both strains showing some spangle, some having a red breast and some black, yellow and white legs and beaks, red and daw eyes, ranging from low set to medium. Mr Pragnoff has talked of the importance of these chickens with Mr. Mahar had good success raising stags the first year and the next winter took a main of ten stags to Boston and won every fight and fought four of them the second battle and won. The thing that impressed me the most with these fowl was their intelligence.