Like any good breeder at that time, Doc Robinson was always on a look out for great fightingcocks to improve his line. Whenever Doc saw a bird in the pit that he liked, and thought could improve his he would buy it and take it home Whenever Doc saw a bird in the pit that he liked, and thought could improve his he would buy it and take it home Whenever Doc saw a bird in the pit that he liked, and thought could improve his he would buy it and take it home. Normally, when we see a Doc Robinson Hatch in the pits, we see a dark colored rooster with dark legs but actually Doc had 2 different hatch lines. The light side and dark side, separated on each side of the yard and the birds looked completely different. The dark side were more uniform with a dark mahogany color, green and blue legs, and had a straight comb with the occasional lemon hackle around the bottom of the hackle. The light side were very light lemon hackled birds with yellow legs and a pea comb. However they also could have green, slate, blue, spotted, or even green on one half and yellow on the other legs.
And within those were individual strains. There were many lines, the main one is the Red-Bandeds and the information regarding the Red-bandeds is that the Red-bandeds received their name because they descended from a hen with a red leg band, Doc Robinson took five cocks out of her and showed them at Sunset winning every fight. And another strain, is The Rag hatch blood. Their name came from how they looked as chicks, they were always raggedy with poor feathering and a ugly coloration until they grew up into the dark mahogany colored fowl.
There have been stories that some Doc Robinson Hatches change color when they moult. I don't find this surprising as I have witnessed this behavior in other bloodlines as well. I saw a dark legged kelso that came out of intense inbreeding, which gives substance to the story that Walter Kelso at one time may have infused his cocks with hatch blood. And also dark legged legged and dark colored lemons which sometimes turn up when inbred. I believe that breeders before were more concerned with fighting style rather that color and appearance.
Cover Cock - This rooster is a lemon hackled Doc Robinson Hatch from Kamagong Gamefarm.
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