Back in the 1960s these chickens were fought by Sweater McGuiness.
They did so well that notable game breeders of the time, namely Harold
Brown, Duke Hulsey and Ray Hoskins acquired this breed to use as brood
fowl. Walter Kelso did the same with the aid of Cecil Davies.
Initially, Sweater McGuiness only bred and fought Green-Legged
chickens but through his breeding program he was able to make his fowl
yellow-legged. But to this day no one knows how he did it.
Nene Abello recounts how he developed his brood of prize-winning fighters:
During the late 1980s, Gene Brown and Carol Nesmith were fighting
under Oak Grove and were dominating the major competitions around the
US. Their fowl were half Sweater and half Ray Hoskins yellow-legged
hatch. When the partnership fell apart I acquired both Sweater families,
finding them more suitable for Philippine fighting.
These sweaters were owned by Carol Nesmith derived from lines that
came from Harold Brown. Mr. Brown preferred the green-legged side and
eventually lost the yellow legged color.
Prior to this I was an associate and friend of Ray Alexander who had
a superior of Round Head chickens. I bred these Round Heads with the
Sweaters with unbelievable success.
Then realizing that we had to be stronger and longer lasting than
the competition I bred a family of Hatch chickens containing some Harold
Brown blood. This cross seemed to awaken superior genes which were
otherwise dormant.
When my brother and my son were living in the Dallas, Fort Worth
area I was a constant visitor of Ray Hoskins. I had acquired some of his
Yellow-Legged blood and also put them together and I was getting closer
to the original blood that Sweater McGuiness had won with back in the
day.
With our breed of Sweater chickens we won in major competitions like
the World Slasher International where we were champion in 1995 and
1998; Runner-Up in 1996, as well as the Iloilo Candelaria Derby (one of
the most prestigious fights outside of Metro Manila) where we had 7
straight wins in 2002 and 2003.
Our prize-winning game fowls are available for sale throughout the
Philippines and Malaysia with inquiries coming from Mexico, Africa and
the Middle East. 
Haciendas Progreso and Ma. Antonia, situated in Barangay Bulad,
Isabela, desire to bring development into the area by going into
economic activities to convert these land devoted to sugarcane into an
agro-industrial hub for the Municipality. The basic idea is to employ
agriculturally based technology that will require some form of
industrialization of which the local population has already some
familiarity with. It is important that the project must have a local as
well as an international impact.
The decision was to go into organic farming and produce organically
grown products for local sales as well as for export to the neighboring
Asian countries and the western market. Products will be in the form of
muscovado sugar, frozen semen or young animals for breeding from a
nucleus swine farm, quality gamefowls or meat from organically
maintained herds of cattle and goats.
The project milestones shall be as follows :
- Utilization of existing cattle and gamefowl farm waste to start organic buildup.
- Establish a large herd of Boer goats and upgrade these animals.
- Establish a swine genetic nucleus farm.
- Develop an organic fertilizer plant.
- Practice organic farming.
- Build a muscovado plant.
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