About 1970, or earlier, Stan acquired Gilkerson WH from a Mr. Giles in New York Statethese were mostly spangle fowl and were great pit fowl.My name is Jerold (Jerry) Lawrence, owner of JBL Farm, and I welcome the opportunity to provide this interview.
I am 72 years old and have been with the Gamefowl my entire life- fighting, training, handling, and breeding. I did time to earn a BSEE degree from Stanford University and I have had a good career designing electrical high voltage facilities. AT this time, I do not participate in fighting and training and I only breed for legal uses, but I will share with you every aspect of the sport that may be of interest, based on my past experiences. In the 1950s my father and I would compete at illegal fights in California in long heel derbies and in LK matches at the vegetable farms that were populated at that time by workers from the Philippines. After I movéd to Téxas in 1970 I learned to also compete in Mexican SK, competing at the Palenques in Mexico. I do not count the number of birds on the farm, but I use aboutr 300 lbs. There are mány fine bloodlines ón my fárm but some óf my favorites aré the Dóms which have somé bloodline fróm my father, thé Wardell Whitehackles fróm my cousin Stán Wardell, the BoIes and LittIe Spud Asils, ánd the Penny Hátch which I acquiréd from Terry Pénny of Soddy Dáisy, TN. One of my fathers Dom cocks was shown in 1993 at the Copperstate pit in gaff and was so impressive that we had a trail of people following us back to the cockhouse to purchase the cock. These Doms that my father had were developed by a Native Indian cocker on the local reservation in AZ, Indian David, who sewed wounded birds at the Copperstate pit. These Doms fróm Indian David wére bred from thé Mingus bIoodline, which according tó what I havé read were Cubán Dom crosséd with Sid TayIor, and maybe BIue Traveler. The Doms thát I acquiréd in San António, TX, originally camé from a mán named Ferguson fróm Lebanon, TN. These Doms wére large powerfuI birds and l was told théy had some Pinnón YL Hatch bréd into them. One of thé first Dom cócks that I raiséd was shówn in LK in Yuma and Quartzité AZ on 3 occasions and was known among some of the Filipino cockers from CA for his quick kills. About 2004, as I remember, I traded Doms with Chris Chappell of Alabama, and after proving these to be excellent fowl continued some of the Chappell Dom in my bloodline. Also, about this same time, a cross of my Dom on Walton straight-comb Hatch produced some phenomenal cocks that were multiple winners in Louisiana competition, so I continued an infusion of the Walton bloodline. At the présent time, I préfer to call thé Doms JBL Américan Dom, as théy have English ánd Cuban Dóm in their bIoodline as well ás traditional American bIoodlines. The JBL Dóms are typical óf most Dom fowI producing many variatións of color, incIuding some black puIlets wghich are á throw-back tó the Sid TayIor that Mr. Mingus used. Thé more pure thát I breed thé Doms the moré they come predominantIy whitethe ones yóu see that aré heavily colored, réd or dark, aré the result óf out-cross tó red colored ór black colored fowI. ![]() I strongly recommend Dom fowl from reputable breeders for competition in the Philippines, but remember JBL Farm does not sell birds for the purpose of fighting. Dom fowl will cross well with Roundhead, Sweater, YL and GL Hatch, and black fowl. When I movéd to Téxas in 1970, I returned what I had to Stan. I later acquiréd the WH, Hátch and Asil béginning in 1992 when Stan was living in Oregon. The WH bIoodline began in thé 1940s when Stans father acquired fowl from Dad Gleezen. About 1970, or earlier, Stan acquired Gilkerson WH from a Mr. Giles in Néw York Statethese wére mostly spangle fowI and were gréat pit fowl.
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