Aseel Strain · Sindh, Pakistan
Sindhi
Tall, muscular and upright — higher shoulder setting with tight wing coverage over the whole body.
The Sindhi Aseel comes from the Sindh region of Pakistan, where game-bred fowl have been selected for centuries on courage, stamina and hardness rather than on plumage. It is a tall, muscular bird that stands proudly upright, with the tail carried on the line of the back at roughly 45 degrees to the ground.
Its distinguishing feature is the shoulder: set higher than in Old English Game or the standard Reza Aseel, carried slightly away from the body and raised somewhat in the style of the Shamo, but never hanging. The wings cover the sides of the body completely and reach down over the base of the thighs — tight, full coverage of the whole bird.
The head is broad and thick without being fleshy, the face deep red, the beak short, strong and pearl white, and the eye a deep pearl. Thighs stand directly beneath the bird so it appears to stand on its legs rather than between them, and the feather is short, flat and hard with very little down.
In my yard the Sindhi are bred to the Sindhi standard: height with substance, honest bone, tight hard feather and the high shoulder and full wing coverage that mark the true type of the region.
