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Aseel

The Aseel/Asil originated in India. Cornish were created by breeding Asils and Old English...
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General Information

Breed Purpose
Ornamental
Comb
Pea
Broodiness
Frequent
Climate Tolerance
All Climates
Egg Productivity
Low
Egg Size
Medium
Egg Color
Light Brown
Breed Temperament
Aggressive, Friendly, Bears confinement well, Quiet
Breed Colors/Varieties
Black breasted red, wheaten, dark, spangled, and white, duckwing, blue breasted red, and black.
Breed Size
Large Fowl
The Asil or Aseel is a breed of chicken originating from the South Punjab/Sindh area of Pakistan and India. Asils were first used for sport, but are gaining popularity in the exhibition world. The breed is generally unstandardised in South Asia and India, but popularity has increased in the western world in recent times with the breed standardised in the British, Australian and American standards.

Asils are not recommend for beginner chicken keepers as they can be "a handful". They are known to be very aggressive towards other chickens, the chicks often fight when they are just a few weeks old and mature roosters will fight each other to death. Hens can also be very aggressive towards each other and it is advised that they be kept separated. Towards humans Asils are generally very tame though.

The hens are not good layers, but make excellent broodies. Egg production depends on the Asil variety, the small Asil are known to be very poor layers, sometimes laying just 6 eggs a year, whereas larger Asil can lay around 40 eggs a year.

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Asil egg

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Asil chicks

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Asil hen

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Asil rooster

For more information on this breed and their owners' and breeders' experiences with them, see our breed discussion here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-breed-focus-aseel-asil.1051581/
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Troxd45
Pros: Good as broody
Cons: Need space lot of food low egg layers they are aggressive toward other breeds
Would know if my aseel gonna lay eggs or not how old could it be ?!??

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Pros: Aseels go broody often and the hens make good mothers. The cocks are very attractive.
Cons: These birds do NOT bear confinement well. They seem to want to free range all day and if restricted get VERY noisy and loud. Very aggressive to each other.
I have kept males and females and find them highly demanding birds. The males fight to the death even as young as six weeks.
The females demand attention or to free range very vociferously. They are very intelligent chickens and sensitive to dangers, which means they are safer from predators but spend much of the day stressed about potential threats (on the other hand, I have seen even the hens go TOWARD a fox with neck feathers ruffled to fight, so take from that about their intelligence what you will).

They are extremely aggressive birds, even the females. Mother hens will fight to the death to protect chicks without intervention. The hens are not very aggressive toward people except when raising chicks when caution is needed. Moderately friendly, the hens will eat treats from my hand but hate to be handled.

They lay more eggs than some sites will say. My large hen lays 6 a week in summer and 4 a week even in winter.

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varidgerunner
Pros: No better broody hen out there, naturally friendly
Cons: Need their own individual penning arrangements
I can pick any random chicken out of my asil flock and take it to a agro-tourism event, educational function or a petting zoo, etc. and sit it on a perch or in my lap where hundreds of people walk by and pet it and it will set there and beg to be petted, with zero prior conditioning, any bird in the flock. Perfectly content to be the only chicken there. Love human interaction. They are game, they need their own pen, even the hens. Excellent broody hens that lay more eggs than some sources would have you believe. While slow growing, they are very meaty and taste excellent. It is surprising how heavy they are. Easy to see where the Cornish got their breast if you ever look at a dressed asil. Very special birds.
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Comments

RoyalPayne
Check carefully before you get your Aseel. Pocketful of Poultry states that 'Males and Females are extremely agressive, so the breed is best suited for experienced poultry keepers.'
 
Lollipop
I concur with RP. Asils aren't for most poultry keepers. The males cannot be kept with other males and the females are very aggressive also. They are quite broody and lay few eggs. They are also quite expensive. Research before you leap.......P
 
wood&feathers
I can also now testify to their superior mothering and laying abilities. My two hens successfully brooded this spring. One chose to "wean" her biddies at a month and start laying again, passing them off to their cubalaya sire. The other started laying again at 6 weeks post hatch. She continued mothering her young even while laying. I anticipate they will both go broody again after a few weeks of laying.
The young are very smart, curious and tame. These are NOT going to run around outside the wire and forget where the door is! The mothers use both positive and negative reinforcement - I was very startled to see the slower pupils get a whack from their otherwise loving hen!
 
fowlsessed
My pair was graciously gifted to me. If I had bought them it would have been at least $200 for the same birds.
 
fowlsessed
I might add to the review, that they actually don't lay all too bad, not leghorn great, but when they did get going it was an egg a day.
 
cubalaya
other than what the other 2 posters said, they are one of a kind chickens; tame, great broody, very cool.
 
laeeq aslam
hi,
i have aseel in paksitan its the only i love . there are very proud birds if any body wana get i may send him eggs from pakistan of original aseel . i have mianwali aseel. great for cock fighting .
best regards
 
fowlsessed
I have more Asil now, but only two laying age. My oldest, the original hen I wrote about in the review, just stopped, and that's because she just came off a bad set off eggs. My other, younger, was laying, but stopped because she just went to brood. Which, BTW, she needs to be taken off that nest. Too late for that, girl. plus, it's not an intended breeding, she's too young and it's not even with any specific cock.
 
fowlsessed
That's interesting, too bad, really. My asil are among the most sociable birds ever. You can't judge a bird by when it's broody.
 
Nocila
She's been aggressive since I first got her, really. She was about 3-6 months old at the time, and I bought two of them. I like to pet my birds every now and again, and when I tried to pet one of them, the other would attack me. They've always been aggressive, in my experience, which I figure has a bright side... I don't have to worry as much about something getting in, because she'd probably take care of it faster than any rooster.
 
fowlsessed
Maybe the way they were raised. I too like a "spicy" hen! I was laughing just yesterday the way my two pound hen was whipping a big Muscovy duck that was threatening the brood-hilarious! She was like a mad woman-all over the poor thing! Got to love it.
 
OldMountainCur
Good descriptions of these wonderful hens.......I call them the "Spartans" of the chicken world. Friendly to a fault with humans, but are always ready to defend when necessary. Even hoot owls seem to have a healthy respect for the cock birds. Being broody is probably a mechanism provided by nature. Fewer eggs and going broody often gives the hen a better chance of rearing "all" her chicks. I prefer the hen lay and hatch 5 to 7 eggs and have a complete hatch rather than laying 10 or 12 eggs and having only 5 or 6 survive.
 
cubalaya
I have been able to move asil hen and eggs to a better place with no pecking or biting. they will protect their chicks but always tame to humans
 

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