Everything Asil Thread ( show off those Asil )

[fowlsessed]

Nice..

 

[fowlsessed]

The young ones....

 

[odalisay]

McCoy Asil broodcock

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[ccassidy18]

What is the difference between rajah sails and other sails? Can someone also fill me in on basic facts about rajahs? Like egg production,breeding,housing(New York climate),weight,etc. I just got a trio of rajahs from an auction.

 

[varidgerunner]

Most of the Rajahs I've seen seem to have thick parrot beaks and meaty looking faces. Like all asils, egg production is going to be low, compared to egg laying breeds. They might lay a few when the days start getting longer in late winter, and when spring hits they will probably lay a clutch and go broody. Should raise chicks good. They also are going to have tight hard feathers without much down, so they aren't going to be as cold hardy as other breeds, nothingmuch in the way of wattles and comb will help some, though. Keep them dry and block the wind off of them in the wintertime. Other than that they should be extremely hardy. Might be a good idea to have a separate pen for each bird, sometimes a couple pullets can work over a cockerel if they decide to gang up on him.

 

[ccassidy18]

Okay, thank you,and also,is there anything specific I should know about breeding or do I just let nature take its course? This is my first time owning asils, so I'm not really sure of what all to do...I have heard they are more of a breed for experienced poultry owners,which I have been into chickens for about 5 years now. I also read that the rajah asils and reza asils are the same thing,just that reza is the term more often used,and I also read that each hen only lays an average of six eggs per year, at least the rezas, whereas the larger sizes lay about forty eggs annually. Sorry I'm asking so many questions, but I just want to make sureim prepared for these birds...they are still chirping,and just starting to make their adult sounds,and aren't even more than two pounds yet,so I'm sure I will have them around for a while...

not a bad thing though.

 

[varidgerunner]

Reza just means small. Labels are just labels, they mean different things to different people, and they might not always be labeled correctly. Rajah is short for Rajah Murgh, some of them can be small, or Reza, but I think there are some that get bigger.


When they reach laying age the hens might not get along. Most people put them in a 5x5 pen, one hen and one cock, and when the hen starts setting you can take the cock out and put hem in his own pen. You could alternate your cock between two pens switching him every day or two. Number of eggs they lay depends on whether you take their eggs away or not, they usually like to lay ten or twelve and then set on them, if you keep taking them away they might lay twenty before they just decide to set on the one they laid that day. After that they will just set until something hatches, and usually quit laying.

 

[varidgerunner]

More on the Rajahs. Rajah means "prince" in India. Murgh means "cock". It was based on language from India, and obvious that the breeding stock originally came from India, but most tend to be from Puerto Rico or Argetina.

 

[odalisay]

Corey Rampuri Stag & Pullet

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[ccassidy18]

Okay,that explains things a lot better for me,as well as the link odalisay sent me. I am pretty sure I have the small(reza) aseels...they look to be from mid to late spring,though I'm not sure how aseel development works...anyway,they are quite small still...probably only the size of a silkie bantam(about 2 pounds) and they are getting pretty fiesty with the other chickens they are with...they have even taken control of the 13 week old lavender Orpington cockerel who they temporarily share a pen with(and he is about three times there size). I also know I have pure bred aseels,because they have a more velociraptor look to them, and they have parrot like beaks,and red earlobes,not to mention the gamey behavior and gamey look added to the velociraptor look...they are getting a breeding pen of all their own,it is just in the making still,and should be finished here in a couple weeks or so. I would post pics of my aseels if I could figure out how...