Breckemeyer, IL
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- Purpose
- meat
- Egg color
- tinted
- Eggs / year
- ~60
- Hen weight
- ~4.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- No
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- extremely game toward other birds, docile with people
- Forages
- good
- Broodiness
- high
- APA class
- All Other Standard Breeds
- NPIP stock code
- R116
- Origin
- India/Pakistan
Breed guide
Aseel
Also known as: Asil
Ancient Indian game breed that may be the oldest fighting fowl line anywhere, and an ancestor of the Cornish. Dense muscle, pea comb, upright carriage. The birds show no fear. Hens lay few eggs and brood their clutches devotedly.
Keeper's notes
You cannot run them as a flock past adolescence. Even the hens fight. House pairs or trios in strong pens. The tight feathering carries little insulation, so give them warm dry quarters through a cold wet winter.
APA recognized varieties
All Other Std Breeds · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Black Breasted Red 1981Dark 1981Spangled 1981White 1981Wheaten (female) 1996Wheaten (male) 1998
Aseel listings
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Where to find Aseel
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (5)
Buckley, IL
Lisbon, OH
Berlin Center, OH
OH
Regional hatcheries that carry it (0)
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Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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