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Nunis Yellow Birchen GamefowlHome | History | Yellow Birchen | Nunis Birchen | DuryeaFall Creek Ranch Home
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| Ron Lutz Nunis Birchen Stag 
The birds I refer to as Nunis Birchens are a very good family of birds that Ron Lutz found in Oklahoma years ago. They won many derbies back when it was legal in the Whitehackle club in Kansas. Most of the people that have Rons Birchens have his "Nunis" Birchens. You can find Ron's website here: Lutz Birchen Corner Below is an abreviated history of how the Yellow Birchens found their way to the US. It will explain why Ron calls his Birchens "Nunis". 
Andrew P. O'Conor was in England fighting mains for Lord Clonmell. He went to Ireland in 1905 to find Michael Kearney's son. He was looking for a stain of birds that had been bred in Ireland since the 16th century by a family named Nunn or Nunnely. These birds were the Yellow Birchen. He found his way to Matthew Herrisford's estate, but doubted if he would find what he was after because he had died 10 years earlier. Matthew was the last member of the Herrisford family who had kept gamebirds for the O'Callaghan and O'Kelly families. What Andrew found were fowl being bred haphazardly by ladies soley for the dinner table. The ladies wouln't sell any of the birds. To persuade them, Lord Clonmell donated what would be $1000 dollars to a charity for the ladies and they agreed to part with the them. Keep in mind that was in 1905. O'Connor worked for several years selectively breeding the birds to bring them back to what they once were and they ended up his favorite breed of Gamefowl. All fowl raised and sold by The Fall Creek Farm are raised for historic reasons, for brood fowl, and show only! We will not sell to anyone that will use the birds for illegal purposes. Any mention on this site about fighting chickens is for historic and educational purposes only. It is your responsibility to abide by all local, state, and federal laws once you receive any birds from us. |
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