H i s t o r y

History

My father grew up poor in the small town of Thelma, TX, just outside of San Antonio, TX. When he was a young boy his stepfather introduced him to game fowl. In those days only the very wealthy owned the good game fowl. In the 1950s my father joined the Navy and while on ship he would dream of one day owning his own farm with his own roosters.

In 1956, after serving in the Korean War, my father began his career in the game fowl business. He purchased a 24-acre tract in Natalia, TX (just south of San Antonio) and that same year he purchased his first fowl. My father purchased the majority of his fowl direct from J.D. Perry. He purchased J.D. Perry Lemons (yellow legged), J.D. Perry Lemon Hatch (green legged), and JD Perry McLean Dark Hatch (green legged). He obtained his Kelsos from Duke Hulsey.

By blending various breeds together over the years my father produced his own strain of fowl. His primary focus when breeding was not to get the blood to close and to infuse similar bloodlines in color and class to refresh his original fowl. In 50 years of breeding he has developed and maintained a strain of game fowl that is standard in color and class. These fowl are:

Huron Lemons- These roosters are primarily pea comb (some straight comb), light orange to bright lemon hackles, yellow legs (sometimes will throw green legs), with white streamers and one or two white wing feathers.

Huron Lemon Hatch- These roosters are primarily pea comb (some straight comb), lemon hackles, and green legs. These fowl are primarily used to infuse with the Lemons. Bloodlines infused- Mclean, Blue Face, and Huron Lemon.

Huron Dark Hatch- These roosters are dark red or wine color, pea comb (some straight comb) with green or blue legs. Bloodlines infused- Primarily Mclean.

Huron Chocolate Kelso- These roosters were dark red or wine color, pea comb and white legs. Most of this blood was lost during a flood and what little of this bloodline remains has been infused into the Dark Hatch.

In the early years my father was an interpreter for many wealthy Mexican buyers and would accompany them to the majority of the top U.S. breeder’s farms. Through the years he established good friendships with many of these top U.S. breeders. The breeders in which he was friends with and/or obtained fowl from directly were:

Cecil Davis, William McRae, Clarence Stewart, Dan Gray,“Wello” Gutierrez, Ray Hoskins, Duke Hulsey, Joe Goode, Bobby Manziel JR, Harold Brown, Curtis Blackwell, Doctor Robinson, JD Perry, Blondie Rolland, Junior Whiting and Dwaine White just to name a few.

In the early 1960s my father was invited to Mexico to compete in a two day 20 cock main. This was his first major competition and he scored 17-3, using his Perry bloodlines, against Luis Serna, one of Mexico’s top cockers. Because of this huge victory my father was invited two more times and easily defeated his opponents. Because of these victories my father became know throughout Mexico. He continued to compete into the 1970s, under the entry name “Natalia, TX”, competing in every major pit throughout Mexico. He was considered one of the top competitors of his time. My father established great friendships with such Mexican breeders and competitors as:

Tito Chapa SR, Mathis Gutierrez, Ramiro Santos, LIC. Miguel Cuenca, Dr. Pedro Pisa, Francisco “Pancho” Garza SR, Cecilio Valdez, Elpidio Gamundi, and Alfredo Rodriguez (Li Li).

My father credits all these men for teaching him about game fowl and holds them in high regard.

From the 1980s until the present my father has focused primarily on breeding and selling. Our fowl have been shown in every major pit throughout Mexico and in major U.S pits. Because we are a medium size operation we only sell a limited number of fowl per year.

As a Master Breeder my father has locked the desired traits and characteristics from proven bloodlines. He is committed to producing quality show and brood fowl and he believes in quality not quantity.

His reputation for being honest and his dedication to improving his fowl have been the cornerstone to his success.

“When I sell a rooster or a hen I make sure I sell something good. If you don’t the buyers won’t come back. If they do come back you won’t have to ask them how they did.” Andres Huron

We have been asked many questions regarding the Lemon Bloodline and its' relation to the Duke Hulsey Lemon. When Duke Hulsey retired he gave some of his brood stock to a man named Robert Martin. In the Late 70s my father was a good friend of Robert Martin and when Robert retired he asked Duke if my father could have his bloodlines. Duke, who was a friend of my father, allowed Robert to give the fowl to my father. As my father says he “inherited” these bloodlines- O-O Kelso, Mclean Hatch, Butcher, and Lemon fowl (Lemon hackle yellow legs). The Duke Lemon fowl and butcher bloodlines were infused into our Perry Bloodlines. In the early 80s Duke visited our farm my father asked Duke what the composition of the Lemon fowl were and Duke stated they had “Marsh”. Duke would not say anything else about the fowl and guarded his secrets. As do most top breeders.

We have also been questioned about our bloodlines having Sweater or Yellow Legged Hatch. My father obtained our fowl many years before there were yellow-legged Sweaters or Yellow Legged Hatch. Sweater and Yellow Legged Hatch were developed years later and have not been infused into our Lemons. The reason we have not infused these lines is because it would change the conformation and possibly the color of our fowl, losing the original looks. However in the hands of our customers and friends, the Sweater and Yellow legged Hatch have infused well with our Lemons.

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