A man by the name of Massey in Mississippi took Harold Brown bred to the Green legged side, but got aДЇew Yellow legged chickens. Spangled McLean hens then put them together. The cock learned where his feed and water was. Ed Garrard was determined to breed this cock he was put in a 4 by 4 pen. The cock never did get to where he could see. This cock had to be fed by hand to mouth for a long time. Ed got Foxie to buy the cock from Richard which was a tall, high stationed spangle cock. Richard Bates was in a short heel derby and had a cock that had a broken wing and could not see. The highest breaking power and cutting cocks at that on the circuit. These were strictly POWER cocks.ДЇoxie was Ed Garrard's wife's brother, who was a referee. Harold BrownДЄnd Billy Ruble did not want spangled chickens so Ed Garrard got the spangledДЇowl from Harold Brown. Billy bought the oldД¬ock and bred them brother and sister, which came out spangled. These cocks the ones they liked best were getting old. He and Curtis Blackwell got direct from Ted McLean. Have a long history of great breeding behind them, Billy Ruble who was aДЇamous man for his power Hatch cocks, Harold Brown had these Hatch cocks that Time and are still winning with an utmost high percentage today. Want to call them, is an old breed of gamefowl that have stood the test of The great speckled bird or better known as the Garrard Hatch or whatever you The hens have many color variations from dark spangle to a wheaten color, with green or dark legs and a Roundhead type of body. Most of the leg color is green or dark legged, lots of them look like long legged Lacy Roundheads. Colors of this family can range for cock, from black breasted reds, some of these have white specks in the breast, and on other parts of the body. The cocks will stand out in any group, as they are tall, long legged fowl. Some can be straight comb, others look like dark leg Roundheads. The color of the Garrard fowl can be varied from one breeder to another. Chun visited my home, and told me that the Aseel cock only received one cut in all of his fights and that he had the honor of sewing up that great cock after he had won his 22nd fight, and then was retired. Victor Lee Chun visited Ed's home, it was there I met Mr. Ed told me to keep a few and give him the rest, that gave me some of the fowl, I was now calling them Biloxi, along with Ed. Ed had me set the eggs of this cross and I hatched off some 30 odd chicks. After about a week or so, Ed started saving eggs when he was certain all the hens were fertile to the Aseel cross cock. I selected several hens, (I believe 4) that were out of the Biloxi cock, and put them in that Aseel's pen. Ed asked me to pick out some hens to mate to this cock as he had to return him to Mr. This cock Ed called an Aseel, I believe he was an Aseel cross, according to his feathers. Later on Ed called me to come over and see a 22 time pit winner he had borrowed from that 'great Hawaiian cocker Mr. The progeny produced some excellent pit fowl, and was almost set as a family. Ed saw this old hen, and decided he wanted to breed the spangle Biloxi cock to this hen. I had a half Kelso, half Judge Lacy hen that Walter Kelso sent to my partner David Harding for the use of one of our Judge Lacy brood cock on three separate occasions (cock always was returned). I do know Ed bred this cock to a Morgan Whitehackle hen that he got from Frank Hooks. That evening the cock was standing and trying to crow, so Ed took him home.ДЄt this time, most of the Garrard fowl were based on Harold's Red Fox Fowl. Next morning, the cock could not stand, but he would show against another cock. Later on Ed walked by, saw the cock was still living, picked him up, took him to the cock house, gave him penicillin tablet. Harold fought this cock, a three time winner, the cock was beaten and looked to be dead. This family, according to Ed, traced back to a spangle McLean Hatch, that was bred and fought by Harold Brown at the old Biloxi Pit. This family is known by many other names, such as Biloxi Hatch, Spangle Hatch, Speck Hatch, Little Ed's, and originally they were called McLeans, by some, including me.

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