Parrot Beak and Long Tail Aseel Hen | Great Asil chicken Video Compilation | Fancy Chicken Breeds
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Parrot Beak and Long Tail Aseel Hen | Great Asil chicken Video Compilation | Fancy Chicken Breeds. The Asil or Aseel is a breed of chicken originating from Indian subcontinent. It is famous in Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil nadu. Fowl are found throughout Southeast Asia, such as Shamo and Thai Game. The breed is generally unstandardised in South Asia and India, but popularity has increased in the western world in recent times with the breed standardised in the British,Australian and American standards.Asils were first used for cock fighting and may be considered fighting cocks. Aseel is noted for its pugnacity. The chicks often fight when they are just a few weeks old and mature roosters will fight to the death. Hens can also be very aggressive towards each other.Towards humans Asil are generally very tame and trusting. There are anecdotes where they have come to their keepers for other things than food, for example to get the keeper to open the door to the coop so they can get to roost. The hens are not good layers, but are excellent sitters. Laying depends on the Asil variety, the small Asil are known to be very poor layers, sometimes laying just 6 eggs a year, whereas larger Asil can lay around 40 eggs a year.In the U.S., the breed is on the "Watchlist" (2012), by the Livestock Conservancy. The Aseel breed is found in almost all states of India, but abundant in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Portrait of Kulang Asil rooster head
There are many varieties of Asil, some are standardized for shows such as the Reza Asil in the UK, some are simply named after the area where they are bred such as the Mianwali Asil from Pakistan or the colour, red/wheaten Asil are generally known as "Sonatol".
There are also hen-feathered Asil knows as "Madaroo" these are found in various colours, but the cocks come with feathers in hen colour, don't have sickle feathers in the tails and miss the large hanging feathers on the saddle. This variety is very rare.
Asil with feather beards under their beaks known as "muffed" and with tufts on the top of their heads known as "tasseled" are also seen, but are very rare especially outside India/Pakistan.
Bhaingam Asil variety have a large single comb but confirm to all the other Asil standards.
Broadly speaking, Asil in Europe are categorized and shown under these three types:
Madras Aseel
(Tamil local name: Kathikal peruvedai) This is a heavy type of Aseel found in the erstwhile Madras province. The body type and colour classification are same as that of long-tail parrot beak Aseel. They have a normal tail and nose unlike longtail parrot beak Aseel. They are used for knife fighting. They are predominantly found in Tamil Nadu.
Kilimookku Aseel (Parrot Beak/Nose Long Tail)Asil chicken
(Tamil local name : Kilimooku visirival peruvedai)
Long Tail Parrot Beak Aseel is an Aseel Breed available only in the southern part of India especially in Tamil Nadu. Although they were used as fight birds in the past, today they are prized for their ornamental value.These Aseels are huge and muscular in appearance much like body builders, possess long tails with beaks very short and thick similar to that of a Parrot hence the name kilimookku meaning parrot beak. Particularly noted is their warrior like gait and the proud attitude. In English they are called Long Tail Parrot Beak/Nose Aseels. These birds are coveted and desired by any Aseel enthusiast.
The birds are generally categorised based on their physique and colour combinations some of which are:
Mayil Karuppu (black and yellow)
Kagam/sengaruppu (black and red)
Sevalai (red)
Karum Keeri/Senkeeri (black/red dotted)
Sambal Boothi (grey)
Kokku Vellai (white)
Noolan (white and black)
Pondram (golden brown)
An average one-year old Kilimookku Aseel weighs at about 5 kg and will go on to weigh up to 7 kg when full grown. These Aseels were exported to China and Thailand in the early days but the exports have now been banned. However people from all over the world come for the eggs of these majestic birds. The average life span of these Aseels are from 5 to 8 years although birds that are 10 years old are not uncommon.
The number of breeders have risen due to the rising demand and the birds command a premium. Prices range anywhere from INR 7000 to INR 150000 depending on colour, length, spread and consistency of the tail, thickness and curve of the beak, shape of the head and overall physique and size of the bird.
Breeding is selectively done and breeders have prided in their breeds in the villages of south Tamil Nadu for centuries. Madurai, Alanganallur, Dindigul, Trichy, Palani, Udumalai, Pollachi, Salem, Namakkal are the major geographical belts where this particular breed is spotted. Breeders have over the centuries established their own breed lines of the parrot beak Aseel that replicate certain characteristics in appearance over several generations.
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