BLANKET, TX - JANUARY 04, 2010: Mike Ratliff feeds chickens near his home in north central Texas. Ratliff is considered by many to be the grandfather of cockfighting in the U.S. training by his count 8000 people in the art of keeping and fighting roosters. A "cocker" since his youth, Ratliff has hundreds of tropheys from a long career in a sport that is now widely illegal. (Photo: Mark Ovaska/ovaska.com)