Can an Aseel rooster be kept with non game birds?

[bbond]

The best rooster I ever had was a golden Phoenix. Never flogged people, took care of his ladies and their babies, and he was gorgeous!!

 

[varidgerunner]

I have yet to have an asil show any human aggression to any human, even toddlers, ( not counting some hens with chicks). A thousand years of close human contact and lots of handling and conditioning will do that. Compared to "lets breed to that one, it's pretty, or lays lots of eggs." They had to be able to be handled, and they had to be near perfect in form and function to do what they did well. This is why they live 10 or 15 years commonly, still laying eggs and hatching chicks. Because the chicks would damage each other without a hen, they were typically raised under hens, so this is why they are the best broody hens in existence. Cocks were handled a lot, hens raised chicks on their own out back somewhere. Very hardy birds, as long as you are near the climate they were selected for.
There will be no "fighting continued for a couple weeks". It will be over much quicker than that, with one or both combatants either blind or dead. A common barnyard breed hen, or a bankiva style game hen is not likely to have any reason to fight with an asil rooster, and he is not likely to be anything but a gentleman to any of them or any person on the place. Dogs, hawks or other roosters are subject to die or lose an eye, though.

The only genetic difference in their willingness to fight is that the "off gene" has been bred out of them. They are no more inclined to instigate aggression than any common breed, less so in some cases. The only difference is that they are not likely to cease that aggression once it begins.

To be successful at what they did for thousands of years, they had to be smart and have all of their instincts. The hen and chick protecting instincts are still very much intact in these birds, they will run a flock like no other rooster. They will march the hens out to dust, show them where the best food is, drive them out of unsafe areas, lead them to nest boxes, put them up at night, and ward off all threats or die trying. Yet be smart enough to not go full retard when it comes to separating "harmless species that feeds us" from "active threat". Smart, above all else, that is what really sets them apart. Have seen videos of them trained for agility courses. Amazing birds.