Allison Reed, Arcata, California
EXHIBITION POULTRY
"Madras" Aseels
My original pair of Aseels (above) were from Bob Jones. I "adopted" a pecked-up 3 month old cockerel from him at a show in 2001, and the next year I bought a related pullet at the same Fourth of July show. Since then, I have been hatching a few every year and I enjoy their company sincerely. I no longer have the original pair but I have their offspring. I let them all run outside during the day. The birds I have have the blue gene in them so they throw blacks and sports. They are not as big as true madras aseels but to my knowledge the line was created with some madras blood 30 or so years ago. I show them just for fun every so often, even though the blue variety is not recognized by the APA. I only raise a few every year because the males are so aggressive, they are hard to rear with the pen space I have.
In the spring and summer I sometimes have extra young males/pairs so contact me if you are interested. I also sometimes have hatching eggs available out of the blue pen and the dark pen. Eggs are $2 each plus shipping. Contact me at javachickn@cox.net
SUMMER 2005: I have started to work on Dark Aseels, I hatched 3 good pullets and a cockerel this year. They were thrown from my blues. Photos of them are in the new photo gallery.
NEW PHOTOGRAPHS (OCT 05-MARCH 06)
The original hen with her first brood of chicks.
She hatched 10 out of 10 eggs, and all of them survived.
my current blue cock bird as a cockerel in 2003.
sport cockerel with offspring.
A group of adults. The cockerel in the front is a sport, and is the same cockerel as in the photo above.
The white hen in the back is also a sport.
The group again - two sports, three blue hens and a black
My current birds- blue cock, blue hen, sport hen, and two blacks.
sport cockerel (2003)
blue cockerel (2003)
short animation.