Everything Asil Thread ( show off those Asil )

[varidgerunner]

The problem with raising them in a brooder is that they will try their darndest to kill each other at regular intervals without a hen present to keep the peace and peck whoever is getting too serious. It can be done, but you might end up with some that might be permanently injured. Other than that they are hardy, your single chick should be fine.

 

[JRNash]

I'm in southeast Texas. I guess I'm Lucky I'm only dealing with one then. I have barred rocks and one Oshamo hatching on the 8th.

 

[JRNash]

@ varidgerunner,my wife is well on her way to making this one a pampered pet.lol. Its my intent to cross it into my Dark Cornish. I feel the DC have IMO strayed to far from their beginnings. Do the brooder problems stem from the close quarters or is it their aggressive nature? My wife was wanting me to place one of my one week old, Welp slow broilers in with it for company. I haven't because the broilers have a different fate. Does it NEED to socialize??

 

[JRNash]

From the little Ive read on this and the shamo,breeders didn't allow the lines to continue unless they were proven in combat. Reinforcing their aggressive tendencies. Mine will in no way intentionally be placed in this type of situation. I am counting heavily on their aggressive nature to bolster the survival instincts. Of my LF Dark Cornish. If I were to be honest I would confess to being in awe of their unique body confirmation and tenacious spirit.

 

[JRNash]

I recently, suffered an unknown predator attack,21 birds were lost.as in gone from 4-1/2acres. Few feathers and one half eaten carcass of a 6# Cx pount to something large.the fencing has since been reinforced and electrified. I lost a few white Jersey giants a pile of white barrred rocks and one DC. The DC came out on top in part because of their coloration and their wily ways I'm hoping the asil and Oshamo blood bolster their survival skills

 

[ccassidy18]

I have DC bantams and plenty of asils...I have my pair of DC bantams and my pair of Asil bantams in a pen together,but I have to keep an eye out every now and then,because they will kill each other... Asils are bred to fight with their natural spurs...which have become very hard over their many thousands of years of being used that way...it was intended that they would fight longer,and more aggressively... Whereas OE games were breed to have a blade strapped to their legs...so their spurs tend to be a little weaker than asils...and OE games can be housed together(several roosters) whereas with asils,its nearly impossible because they were bred to fight with a lot of aggressiveness.

 

[JRNash]

I also have 12 geese that think they run the show.lol

 

[JRNash]

I wonder how they would respond to free range conditions

 

[varidgerunner]

If your asil are really asil and they start fighting, they won't quit until someone is dead, or at least eyes swelled shut. Any breed of chicken will have pecking order battles from an early age they usually end with "ok your badder than me. I'll stay over here" . The difference is that asil don't quit. The hen will keep them in line and recognize when things are getting too serious. They will have another few skirmishes when you take the hen out. Whenever you decide to separate, they need to be separated from then on. When they fully mature, they will go to any rooster they hear crowing or see a red comb on, and try to kill that rooster, or die trying fence or no fence. You need sight barriers around your pens unless they are away from each other and nothing runs loose. Pen fights are more damaging than any other fight you could have.

 

[varidgerunner]

Quote: If they are real OE games, or American games, No. OE game bantams, yes, for the most part they don't contain a drop of game blood in them, maybe just enough crossed in to fix color years and years ago.