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    Lemon 84

    History of the Lemon 84 strain as told by Paeng Araneta.
    on Monday 11 May 2009
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        The Lemon 84 was a Duke Hulsey cock that was shipped to me in 1967 by the late Duke. At that time the "Duke" had established an outstanding win record in the Philippines using his "Lemon Hackles" as he called them. In breeding they were Hatch/Butcher/Claret. He had established this as a strain and they were so good that almost everybody wanted to have some to breed. But the Duke was under contract to the late J. Amado Araneta and his son Jorge and would not sell any.

        I was privileged to have acquired 1 lemon cock & 2 hens in 1965 and the now legendary "84" cock in 1967. I bred him to the hens out of the first lemon cock on the lemon hens. To coin a cliche, the rest is history. I had perpetuated the strain of lemon hackles of the Duke. We bred them every which way and they were just so good, that at that time we dominated the field of locally bred(in the Philippines) chickens. I had let out a few of this lemons to some trully fine gentlemen of the sport who, at one time or another had helped me. Soon the whole province where I lived had some of this blood in their own chickens.

        I did not care to keep the blood to myself, always believing that something as good as this should be shared, mortality being a reality that confronts us all. Over the years, I had met some of these. Some had whipped me and I whipped some. But whichever side won, made a man proud that he had done something good to the game that would far outlive him.

    Source: Original Source Unknown, taken from Ultimatefowl.com/wiki


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