Hello. My name is Gary Cooper. I am the owner/operator of
High Noon Game Farm. My farm is located in the beautiful Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio. I have had chickens for as long as I can remember and have been involved with gamefowl since the early 1970's. I currently keep and breed just one family of gamefowl - the High Noon Leipers. My Leipers are descended from the bloodlines of the late Harold Brown & Jimmy East Sr..
As with any family of gamefowl, what they used to be and where they came from is not nearly as important as what they are today. My High Noon Leipers have historically been bred to compete at the highest levels of competition and they have consistently proven themselves winners when and wherever legally shown. Of course now with the erosion and loss of our personal rights and freedoms in America and the new federal laws that supercede our state's rights,
my High Noon Leipers cannot and will not be sold for any activities or purposes that might be considered illegal. For this reason, I only sell my High Noon Leipers for show and/or for use as beautiful lawn ornaments, pets, alarm clocks and for the wonderfully tasty eggs the hens lay. Whatever else a buyer/owner might decide to use them for is none of my business.
I would like to thank you for taking the time to visit my blog page. If you have any questions about my fowl, the best way to contact me is by email or you can call if you prefer. We do not have cell phone service where I live so I am not able to send or receive text. My landline phone number is 740-533-3354. My email address is: gcoop1950@hotmail.com
Frank Shy
This is a photo of the late Frank Shy of "Narragansett" fame. Frank was one of the truly greats in the world of gamefowl and the cocking sport. As a breeder of Gamecocks, Frank was a gifted master of masters and as a person, Frank was a gentleman of the highest order. If you don't already have them, I would highly recommend that you buy and read the several publications that Frank wrote and published. My favorite is titled: "The Best of Narragansett 1985"
This is a photo of me in 1961 at age 11 posing with my very first GQF mini-incubator
Hard to believe, but GQF still manufactures these little incubators. GQF also makes a very nice cabinet style incubator. I highly recommend the GQF 1502 model incubator
This is a photo of me as a 19 year old soldier in Vietnam circa 1969
This beautiful lady and I have been married for 53 years. We raised 5 wonderful children together. Every man should be so lucky to be married to such a fine fine woman.
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the "WILL" must be stronger than the skill.
-Muhammad Ali
"In the final analysis, the will to win is more crucial than the skill to win" - prize fight trainer Cus D'Amato
On Breeding
Selection is the beginning and the end for all improvement made in breeding . . .
- plant breeder Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank was right of course ... Selection really is the beginning for all improvement made in breeding. Be it the breeding of plum trees, racehorses or gamecocks , the whole idea behind any breeding program is to produce a new generation of individuals that are as good or better than the parent stock.
In the breeding of gamefowl, the selection process involves nothing more than finding genetically superior males and females and in mating these individuals together in the most advantageous combinations. In other words, it's all about finding the right cock or stag and in pairing him together with the right hen or pullet.
Here at High Noon Game Farm, my mission and focus has always been to produce quality GAMEfowl. I don't breed hundreds of chickens every year or keep 200 or 300 roosters on my farm. Gamefowl is my hobby - it's not my job or a business. I am 73 years old and I don't have any hired hands to help with the feeding, watering and all those other things that a chicken man has to do. My chickens give me great pleasure and satisfaction and I enjoy taking care of them. I look forward to waking up every day to the sound of crowing roosters and going out to the chicken yard. If taking care of the chickens ever gets to where it seems more like work than pleasure, that's the day I'll hang up the spurs and pursue other pleasures. Until then, I am happy to share my fowl with other gamefowl enthusiasts. In the spring and summer months, I usually have extra hatching eggs and sometimes baby chicks available. In the fall and winter months, I usually have more stags and pullets than I need for my own use. Prices for these (when available) are listed below.
Hatching Eggs, Chicks and Adult Fowl
I believe that hatching eggs and/or day old chicks is the most economical way for a person to acquire new Gamefowl bloodlines. The cost of a dozen hatching eggs or the price for a dozen chicks is far less than the cost of an adult breeding pair or trio.
I highly recommend the use of foster hens for the incubation and/or raising of chicks. Hens are the best incubators and brooders in the world and foster hens will readily accept both eggs and chicks provided you follow nature's guidelines. The use of foster setting hens will usually give you a better hatch than most incubators. Foster hens will also save you a lot of time and extra effort in caring for the chicks. I have given foster hens as many as 30 chicks and the hens do a much better job of raising them than I could.
Prices for eggs, chicks and adult fowl are listed below:
Hatching Eggs: Offered from February until end of season . . . Leiper hatching eggs are $85 per dozen with free USPS priority mail shipping to any mailing address in the continental USA. Sorry, but I am not able to ship hatching eggs to Canada, Guam, Mexico or the Philippines due to USDA customs restrictions/ regulations.
Day Old Chicks: Offered from April through May . . . Day old Leiper chicks are $390 for one dozen (12) chicks. Price includes bio approved shipping box and USPS express mail shipping to any mailing address in the continental USA.
There is a minimum order of 12 chicks to insure the chicks do not become chilled during transit. I will include a few extra chicks to ensure that the buyer receives at least 12 live healthy chicks. Live delivery is guaranteed. I do not sex the chicks. Buyer should receive an approximate equal number of male and female chicks. Chicks are sold on a first order - first shipped basis. Contact me by email for next available shipping date. My email address is: gcoop1950@hotmail.com
Stags & Pullets: I do not ship any chicks or adult fowl during the summer months. Stags and pullets are priced at $290 each (either sex). Stag/pullet trios are priced at $790. Cocks and hens are priced at $390 for cocks (when available) and $320 for hens. All prices include bio approved shipping boxes and usps express shipping to any mailing address within the continental USA.
Brood Cocks & Hens: ... My contact email address is: gcoop1950@hotmail.com
My contact telephone number is: 740-533-3354 ... We do not have cell phone service available where I live so I am not able to send or receive text messages. I am out on the farm until dark most evenings so the best time to reach me by phone is later in the evening Ohio time.
I accept payments via paypal, postal money order or personal check. I am sorry but I am not able to accept credit card payments.
* All eggs, chicks and adult fowl sold for breeding and legal purposes only . . .
There will be times when you are an overwhelming underdog. Give 100 percent to everything you do, and when that's not enough, give everything you have left.
~ Yogi Berra
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