I put the name in quotes because it refers (the USA) to most pea comb birds that happens to be black with red-breasted white or yellow legs and which are not too many Eastern lineage. Remember after England colonized India, the English farmers had access to the best Oriental birds such as asylum and even Japanese.Will Mississippi Allen earned a Roundhead Boston Gamecock Dr.RE of Walt Roundheads instead Allen.

I have been in the sport.Of course the name Whitehackles comes from the old English custom of trimming the neck hackles close to the skin so that the cocks with a white under feather in the neck would be a whitehackle.They arrived in the USA from Ireland without an ID tag.American cocks are today.You might ask about the Boston Roundheads that made the Allens.

The original Kearney (and Duryea) Irish had a Whitehackles% combs peas and Irish Whitehackles raised by my friend John Irish Tynan.The Gradys were apparently home as a succession battle through a neck Grist GA . I have owned many "Roundhead" birds in recent years long.

Over the years, the English breeders bred out the pea comb but since it didn't bother the Irish, they continued to breed both straight comb and pea comb Whitehackles. Of course the name Whitehackles comes from the old English custom of trimming the neck hackles close to the skin so that the cocks with a white under feather in the neck would be a whitehackle. There are also breeds called Blackhackle. There are jillions of Oriental/American crosses that come peacomb and are called Roundheads that contain not a drop of the original Allen bloodline. As is true for all other strains-some Roundheads are awfully good while others are awfully bad but most are somewhat in the middle.

The pea comb Kelso fowl owe much of their good qualities to the George Smith Roundhead (same stock as Lundy Roundheads) that was blended with Claret to make the McClanahans that Walter Kelso used in his initial cross.

I have owned many, many "Roundhead" fowl over the past long yrs. I have been in the sport. I put the name in quotes because it refers (in the USA) to most any pea comb fowl that happens to be black breasted reds with white or yellow legs and that do not show too much of their Oriental lineage.

The Oriental crosses increased the size to around 5 lbs.Fred Saunders and crossed him over some hens that a blend of Redquill and Grist Grady.These Oriental bloodlines were then added to the early English fowl of 500 yrs.