Aseel Sire Cornish/Rock hens as meat cross

[Compost King]

I read that the feathers on the cornish are real tight and are not good for cold weather

I recall reading something about the feathers being different but I could not remember what it was. I read it where someone was describing which birds would be good or bad for brooding and this explained why Cornish do not always do great hatching eggs. I am probably remembering this all wrong but everything is starting to make sense after you posted that.

 

[Lighteye]

Aseel from India/Pakistan is the ancestor of the Cornish breed(not to be confused of the ConishX), I have yet seen this cross used as meat cross in the USA the closest I have seen is for the Japanese Shamo crossed with BR, RIR and Leghorn in Hawaii in 1937, the Aseel is somewhat heavier than the Shamo but both have the same Asiatic game completion(broad shoulders and breasts). I plan to use an Aseel rooster over some Cornishx and Red Ranger hens


Here are some pics of the research with Japanese Shamo: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/53841/CtahrpsAgExp81.pdf

Excerpt from the research "The Japanese Shamo Game birds have full, deep, broad breasts, indicating good meat-carrying capacity, an important factor in producing quality market poultry."

Some pics: The Hybrid on the left always for example the Shamo/BR hybrid is on the left, pure BR on the right next to it.

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Our neighborhood is full of shamo and asseel cockerels. They use them for cockfighting. Cornish is so expensive when bought from a farm but I can see aseel and shamo both male and female just roaming around the neighborhood. It's ironic how they're so related yet they're pricetag has a big difference just coz Cornish was imported and shamo is so common now

 

[Chickenheadmate]

I have had thoughts about using those giant sized game birds from Asia over a CX. I just do not want to deal with having a rooster like that though. I have some CX in the brooder right now and it looks like half of them are Pullets. If I knew someone locally who studded one out I might give it a shot.

Are they really aggressive?

 

[Compost King]

Are they really aggressive?

I have heard they are but not to humans, but any rooster could end up being aggressive around humans. I have never had a game bird outside of Old English Game Bantams which are ornamental at this point in the breed development.

 

[Ruthster55]

With a project like this, you would need to have a breeding coop or two. I wouldn't just let a Shamo or Aseel rooster roam around the general chicken yard unless there were no other roosters or cockerels.

This sort of breed is pretty nice with people, unless they see a person do something that looks like stealing chicks!

If you get one, make sure that its spurs have been cut, because they are powerful birds.

 

[nicalandia]

Hello guys, just posting a few updates, the white male died shortly after I got him, I paid $200 for him and did not get any refund, the low quality cornish hen was rehomed and the project was put on gold... On November I got myself a young cockerel and pullet of the Rajah Murgh line which are thick bone wide breast kind like the original Cornish but with less flesh

 

[nicalandia]

My cockerel and 8 month old brother(only the younger one is mine)

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I think another reason people don't use them for meat breeding is they're rather expensive. Even ebay, it's about 20 dollars an egg, and no clue how well bbred the birds are

 

[nicalandia]

This is the Father of my Cockerel

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[nicalandia]

Pullet.