Miniature Butcher Gamefowl Originated by Joe ‘Boot’ Hill

After a recent miniature main in Louisiana. I have been asked by several of my friends for the breeding of my miniature butcher gamefowl. which I will endeavor to do, for posterity or whatever

These birds are made up from the Red Richardson large Butcher fowl that were bred & shown by Oscar Akins & Harold Brown. Their record is testified in all the game journels.

The miniature Butchers that I breed & raise started as a cross with the miniature Beaton Hatch blood (Blueface-McLean) that I originated back in late 50’s of which I participated in many pit bantam mains & derbies all over the Southern States. These little Hatch cocks were the gamest pit bantam fowl I ever saw or met anywhere, in my years showing them.

Later on I was fortunate enough to obtain through friendship a hen from my good friend Bill Warner. He had crossed a small proven Beaton Hatch cock (of my blood) to a relatively small (pure as driven snow) Red Richardson Butcher hen from (Mr. Orey-Houston, Tx), Bill later gave a hen from this butcher cross to me. I then took a proven ‘blinker Beaton cock over this butcher cross hen and came up with fowl that were even better than the Beaton Hatch fowl. Smarter, quicker & very accurate.

Over the years I’ve added whitehackle & Albany blood with a dash of very good Spanish (of which all Butcher blood carries). I HAVE ALWAYS BRED BACK TO THE BUTCHER SIDE OF THIS CROSS. (blackbreasted red, pearl & yellow legs, straight combs with some white in wings & tails) some come Black brass back with pearl or yellow legs, as many of Oscar’s & Harold’s did. Dark legs may showup from the Hatch side of the original cross. Weights for male birds are from (2:08 Ibs to 4 Ibs) These are miniature gamefowl, not old English game banties and should not be considered as anything less.

In over fifty years of raising & meeting small gamecocks from all over the South I’ve seen no small birds that were consistently better than these little Butchers. Wherever I showed them, I rarely lost with them, until I started meeting the same blood. No swagger, that’s just the way It is....

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Sincerely yours in the sport Joseph ‘Boot’ Hill,