By BENJAMIN SARONDO
Cesar Yuchongco, 69, is the owner of Isabel Game Farm. His goals include having a good fighting chicken, producing high quality chickens, and being a champion in cockfights. Right now, he has 300 chickens, available in various breeds on his four-hectare farm located in San Jose, Batangas. He says that most of his chickens are conditioned to fight.
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Cesar shares the three best types of fighting roosters:
Sweaters
Sweaters are fast and high flyers that could attack the opponent in multiple ways. They are prized for their fighting abilities and are known for their distinctive feather coloration—with a light grayish-blue body, and red or ginger-colored head, and neck feathers. Their legs are usually yellow or pale in color.
Hatch Sweater Golds
One of the characteristics that distinguishes this rooster is its strength and the speed of its attack. This makes them excellent for combat. They do not tire easily. They have greater strength in floor combat. A defining characteristic of Hatch chickens is their speed and strength. Hatch roosters are known for their survivability since they have excessive stamina, particularly when fighting on the ground.
Gary Gilliam Sweaters
They are smart, side-stepping, and agile heads-up fighters. They could fight on the ground and in the air. Roundheads are aggressive and fast, feet out and deadly, sure-cutting cocks. They have strong and devastating leg power, especially in the first buckle.
Photo by Cesar Yuchongco