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Glossary
Aseel Glossary
We've compiled a Glossary from several sources.
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Aluminum spur.Type of cockfighting similar to postiza, but using
aluminum.
Alektorophobia. Fear of chickens.
American Standard of Perfection. A book published by the American
Poultry Association describing each breed recognized by that organization.
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Baby stag. A rooster under1 year old.
*Band kandi. withour spurs/dora darze/muff fighting.
Bantam. A miniature chicken, about one-fourth to one-half the size of a
regular-sized chicken.
Bantam Standard. A book published by the American Bantam Association
describing each of the bantam breeds recognized by that organization.
Banty. (plural, banties) Affectionate word for bantam.
Barnyard chicken. A chicken of mixed breed.
*Batachel. Breeder Aseel (cock).
Battle cock. A rooster 2 years old or over used for cockfighting.
Battle royal. When more than two cocks are pitted for fighting at one
time.The bird that stays standing the longest is the victor.
Battle stag. A rooster under 2 years old for cockfighting.
Beak. The hard, protruding portion of a bird's mouth, consisting of an
upper beak and a lower beak.
Beard. The feathers (always found in association with a muff) bunched
under the beaks of such breeds as Ameraucana, Faverolle, and Houdan.
Bedding. Straw, wood shavings, shredded paper, or anything else
scattered on the floor of a chicken coop to absorb moisture and manure.
Biddy. Affectionate word for a hen.
Billing out. Use of the beak to scoop feed out of a feeder onto the
floor.
Bleaching. The fading of color from the beak, shanks, and vent of a
yellow-skinned laying hen.
Blinker. A rooster who is blind in one eye.
Bloom. 1. The moist, protective coating on a freshly laid egg that
dries so fast you rarely see it. 2. Peak condition in an exhibition bird.
Blowout. Vent damage caused by laying an oversize egg.
Booted. Having feathers on the shanks and toes.
Boxing glove. A name for sparring muffs.
Break up. To discourage a hen from setting.
Breed. 1. A group of chickens that are like each other and different
from other groups. 2. v. Pairing a rooster and hen for the purpose of
obtaining fertile eggs. In Aseel, a breed is the largest group and is
composed of more than one variety.
Breeders. 1. Mature chickens from which fertile eggs are collected. 2.
A person who manages chickens.
Breed true. The characteristic of purebred chicks whereby they resemble
both parents.
Broiler. A young, tender meat chicken; also called a "fryer."
Brood. 1. To care for a batch of chicks. 2. The chicks themselves.
Brood cock. A rooster 2 or more years old used strictly for breeding.
Brood fowl. Fowl used strictly for breeding.
Brood hen. A hen 2 or more years old used strictly for breeding.
Brood pen. A pen used to hold and contain blood fowl in order to breed
them.
Brood pullet . A hen under 2 years old used strictly for breeding.
Brood stag. A rooster under 2 years old used strictly for breeding.
Brooder. A heated enclosure used to imitate the warmth and protection a
mother hen gives her chicks.
Broody. A hen that covers eggs to warm and hatch them. Sometimes refers
to a hen that stays in the nest for an extended period without
producing eggs.
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Candle. To examine the contents of an intact egg with a strong light
source.
Candler. A device which uses strong light to examine the contents of
the egg.
Cannibalism. The bad habit chickens have of eating each other's flesh,
feathers, or eggs.
Cape. The narrow feathers between a chicken's neck and back.
Carrier. 1. An apparently healthy individual that transmits disease to
other individuals. 2. A container used to transport chickens.
Cecum. A blind pouch at the juncture of the small and large intestine
(resembles the human appendix); plural: ceca.
Cestode. Tapeworm.
Chalazae. Two white cords on each side of a yolk that keep the yolk
properly positioned within the egg white; singular: chalaza.
*Chit para. Some white quills in wings.
Chooks. Popular Australian term for chickens.
Classification. The grouping of purebred chickens according to their
place of origin, such as "American" or "Asiatic."
Clean legged. Having no feathers growing down the shanks.
Clinical. Having disease signs or symptoms that can be readily
observed.
Cloaca. The chamber just inside the vent where the digestive,
reproductive, and excretory tracts come together.
Clutch. 1. A batch of eggs that are hatched together, either in a nest
or in an incubator (from the Old Norse word "klekja," meaning to
hatch), also called a "setting". 2. All the eggs laid by a hen on consecutive
days, before she skips a day and starts a new laying cycle.
Coccidiasis. Infection with coccidial protozoa without showing any
signs.
Coccidiosis. A parasitic protozoal infestation, usually occurring in
damp, unclean housing conditions.
Coccidiostat. A drug used to keep chickens from getting coccidiosis.
Cock. A male chicken; also called a "rooster" , two years old or over.
Cock-bag.A bag used for moving gamecocks to and from a cockpit.It is no
longer used,but was usually in England. Poor cockers use linen,while
rich cockers used velvet.
Cock-match.A cockfight.
Cockpit. An enclosure used for cockfighting . The handlers , referee,
and gamecocks are in this enclosure during a cockfight. Most cockpits
are round or square.
Cocker. A promoter, attender,or fan of cockfighting.Also can refer to
someone who engages incockfights through handling, breeding,or
conditioning.
Cockerel. A male chicken under 1 year old.
Cockfighting. pitting two or more rooster/Aseel, usually in a cockpit
with artificial spurs.However,sometimes cockfights do not take place in
cockpits and / or with artificial spurs.
Cockfighter.A person that engages in cockfights.
Cocking.The sport of cockfighting , called a sick activity by some , or
a royal pastime by others.
Comb. The fleshy, usually red, crown on top of a chicken's head.
Conformation. A chicken's body structure.
Conditioning.the art and science of putting roosters into proper
fighting condition.
Contagious. Description of a disease that's readily transmitted from
one individual or flock to another.
Coop. The house or cage in which a chicken lives.
Crest. A puff of feathers on the heads of breeds such, as Houdan,
Silkie, or Polish; also called a "topknot."
Crop. 1. A pouch at the base of a chicken's neck that bulges after the
bird has eaten. 2. To trim a bird's wattles.
Crossbreed. The offspring of a hen and a rooster of two different
breeds.
Cull. 1. To eliminate (kill) a non-productive or inferior chicken from
a flock. 2. The non-productive or inferior chicken itself.
Cupple. When a rooster has taken a blow to the neck or back making him
unable to stand or walk.
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Dam. Mother.
Dam family. Sibling chickens that all have the same dam as well as
sire.
Debeak. To remove a portion of a bird's top beak to prevent cannibalism
or self-pecking.
Down. The soft, fur-like fluff covering a newly hatched chick; also,
the fluffy part near the bottom of any feather.
Droppings. Chicken manure or "poop".
Dub. To trim the comb.
Dunghill.a fowl of non-game breed which is not bred or used for
fighting. This term can also refer to a cock of the game breed which is
useless in breeding or fighting.
Dusting. The act of thrashing around in the dirt to clean their
feathers and discourage body parasites.
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Egg tooth. A horny cap on a chick's upper beak that helps the chick pip
through the shell.
Embryo. A fertilized egg at any stage of development prior to hatching.
Enteritis. Inflammation of the intestine.
Eversion. Turned inside out.
Exhibition breeds. Chickens kept and shown for their beauty rather than
their ability to lay eggs or produce meat.
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Feather legged. Having feathers growing down the shanks, i.e., Cochins
and Brahmas.
Fecal. Pertaining to feces.
Feces. Droppings or body waste - chicken manure or "poop".
Feeder. One who feeds and conditions cocks for fighting.
Fertile. Capable of producing a chick.
Fertilized. Containing sperm.
Finish. The amount of fat beneath the skin of a meat bird.
Flock. A group of chickens living together.
Forced-air incubator. A mechanical device for hatching fertile eggs
that has a fan to circulate warm air.
Fowl. 1. Domesticated birds raised for food. 2. A stewing hen.
Free range. To allow chickens to roam a yard or pasture at will.
Frizzle. 1. Feathers that curl rather than laying flat. 2. A breed of
chicken.
Fryer. A tender young meat chicken; also see "broiler."
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Gaff. a needle- like weapon used during a gaff cockfight. One gaff is
fixed on each spur of the cock.Gaffs range in size.
Gaff cockfighting. a cockfighting using gaffs. Usually gaff cockfights
are longer than knife fights. Gaff cockfighting require gamer cocks.
*Galla. throat.
Game. Bravery in a fowl.
Gamecock. A Aseel/rooster of fighting breed, refers to both stags and
cocks.
Gamefowl. fowls used for fighting or show purposes.
Gamehen. A hen of fighting breed , refers to both pullets and hens.
Gamepit. Another word for cockpit. Sometimes it refers to the building
in which cockpits are located.
*Galla maarna.hit on the throat.
Genetics. The branch of biology which deals with heredity, variation,
sex determination and related phenomena.
Gizzard. An organ that contains grit for grinding up the grain and
plant fiber a chicken eats.
Glasher. A rooster used for long-knife fighting.
Go light. Grow thin while eating ravenously; synonym for anemia.
Grade. To sort eggs according to their interior and exterior qualities.
Grit. Sand and small pebbles eaten by a chicken and used by its gizzard
to grind up grain and plant fiber.
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Hackles. A rooster's cape feathers. Also called * "JAHDAH".
Handler. A person who handles cocks in a cockfighting.
Hatch. 1. The process by which a chick comes out of the egg. 2. A group
of chicks that come out of their shells at roughly the same time.
Hatchability. Percentage of fertilized eggs that hatch under
incubation.
Heel. A weapon fixed to a cock or stag's spur, the heel is used in a
cockfight.
Heeling. The placing of a cockfighting weapon on a gamecock's spur.It
is sometimes referred to as an art.
Heeler. A person who is an expert at affixing the heels onto a fighting
cock. Also refers to a cock who has extreme power.
Helminth. A category of parasitic worms.
Helminthiasis. Parasitic worm infestation.
Hen. A mature female chicken.
Hen feathered. The characteristic of a rooster having rounded rather
than pointed sex feathers.
Host. A bird (or other animal) on or in which a parasite or an
infectious agent lives.
Hybrid. The offspring of a hen and rooster of different breeds, each of
which might themselves be crossbred; often erroneously applied to the
offspring of a hen and rooster of different strains within a breed.
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Immunity. Ability to resist infection.
Impaction. Blockage of a body passage or cavity, such as the crop or
cloaca. Also see "pasting".
Inbreeding. Breeding together closely related fowls.For example, a
brother and sister.
Incubate. To maintain favorable conditions for hatching fertile eggs.
Incubation period. 1. The time it takes for the egg to hatch, normally
about 21 days. 2. The time from exposure to a disease-causing agent
until the first symptom appears.
Incubator. A mechanical device for hatching fertile eggs.
Infectious. Capable of invading living tissue and multiplying therein,
causing disease.
Infertility. Temporary or permanent inability to reproduce.
Intensity of lay. The number of eggs a hen lays during a given time.
*Jabri. jaw bone.
*JOR MALE: A number of Aseel of the same weight.
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*Kal dum. upward tail.
*Kanpati. Temple.
*Kandyal. naked heel fighter/gamer cock.
*Karyla gulli. walnut comb.
Keel. The breastbone, which resembles the keel of a boat.
Keep. A certain method of conditioning gamecocks for fighting. Many
cockfighters have their own personal keep. Sometimes this refers to a
book, booklet,or pamphlet that describe a cockfighter's method for
conditioning.
*Killi taja. peacock comb.
*Kurrak. Broody hen.
*Kuli kandi. Naked heel/ with spurs.
*Kurrech kana. displaying new feathers.
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Line-breeding. The name given to a certain form of inbreeding where
fowls are bred together to keep fowl relatively pure.
Leaker. An egg that leaks because the shell is cracked and the shell
membrane is broken.
Long-knife. A weapon used during a long-knife cockfighting.It is
usually 3 inches long,tied on the left foot.This knife is very deadly and
sharp. Long-knives are known as Slashers by Filipinos and it is a popular
Filipino style of cockfighting.
Lunged.When a cock is stuck in the lung by a heel or spur.
Litter. Straw, wood shavings, shredded paper, or anything else
scattered on the floor of a chicken coop, run or brooderto absorb moisture and
manure.
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Manok. Chicken in fillipino.
Mate. The pairing of a rooster with one or more hens; a hen or rooster
so paired.
Mite. A tiny jointed-legged body parasite.
Molt. The annual shedding and renewing of a bird's feathers.
Morbidity. Percentage affected by a disease.
Mortality. Percentage killed by a disease.
Moulting. the time when fowl drop their feathers and grow new ones in
their places.Fowl are not mentally or physically stable at this time and
should not be fought or even touched unless necessary.
Muff. The feathers (always found in association with a beard) sticking
out from both sides of the face, under the beak, of such breeds as
Ameraucana, Faverolle, and Houdan; also called "whiskers."
Muffs. A cluster of feather resembling abeard under a fowl's beak. Also
refers ot fighting a stag or cock with sparring muffs covering their
natural spurs.
*Murga. Aseel cock.
*Murgh bazi.Cockfighting.
Murgi. Hen.
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Naked heel. A style of cockfighting in whch involves no use of any
artifical heel.
*Nalli. Shank.
Nematode. A parasitic roundworm.
Nest. A secluded place where a hen feels she may safely leave her eggs;
also, the act of brooding.
Nest egg. A wooden or plastic egg placed in a nest to encourage hens to
lay there.
Nest run. Ungraded eggs.
*Nok. Beak.
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Oocyst. The infective fertilized egg of certain one-celled animal
parasites including protozoa.
Outbreeding. Breeding in new blood of the same breed.
Oviduct. The tube inside a hen through which an egg travels when it is
ready to be laid.
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Parasite. An organism that lives on or inside a host animal and derives
food or protection from the host without giving anything in return.
Pasting. Loose droppings sticking to vent area, also known as "pasting
up" and "sticky bottoms".
Pathogenic. Capable of causing disease.
Pecking order. The social rank of chickens.
Pedigree. A record of the ancestry or line of descent.
Pen. 1. A group of chickens entered into a show and judged together. 2.
The outside area around a coop.
Perch. The place where chickens sleep at night; the act of resting on a
perch; also called a "roost."
Persistency of lay. The ability of a hen to lay steadily over a long
period of time.
*Piar. cockpit.
Pinfeather.An immature feather.
Pickout. Vent damage due to cannibalism.
Pigmentation. The color of a chicken's beak, shanks, and vent.
Pinfeathers. The tips of newly emerging feathers.
Pip. 1. The hole a newly formed chick makes in its shell when it is
ready to hatch. 2. The act of making the hole.
Plumage. The total set of feathers covering a chicken.
Postmortem. Pertaining to or occurring after death.
Poultry. Chickens and other domesticated birds raised for food, eggs or
simply as pets.
Predator. One animal that hunts another for food.
Pula . A filipino term for red.
Pullet. A female chicken under 1 year old.
Puti. A filipino term for white.
Purebred. The offspring of a hen and rooster of the same breed.
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Range fed. Chickens that are allowed to graze freely.
Ration. The combination of all feed consumed in a day.
Rattle. Noise that a rooster makes after taking a blow to the lungs.
Red Jungel Fowl.The original fowl from which all chickens derive.
Resistance. Immunity to infection.
Roaster. A cockerel or pullet, usually weighing 4 to 6 pounds, suitable
for cooking whole in the oven.
Roost. The place where chickens spend the night; the act of resting on
a roost; also called "perch."
Rooster. A male chicken; also called a "cock."
Rye neck. When a cock takes a hit to the neck, making his neck roll
back or turn around.
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Sabong.Filipino term for cockfighting.
Sabungan. Cockpit.
Saddle. The part of a chicken's back just before the tail.
*Sarrihhah. maintail feathers.
Scales. The small, hard, overlapping plates covering a chicken's shanks
and toes.
Scratch. 1. The habit chickens have of scraping their claws against the
ground to dig up tasty things to eat. 2. Any grain fed to chickens.
Set. To keep eggs warm so they will hatch; also called "brood."
Setting. A group of hatching eggs in an incubator or under a hen; the
incubation of eggs by a hen (called "sitting" by some).
Sexed. Newly hatched chicks that have been sorted into pullets and
cockerels.
Sex feather. A hackle, saddle, or tail feather that is rounded in a hen
but usually pointed in a rooster (except in breeds that are hen
feathered).
Shake. A cock that cannot be matched because of it's large size.
Shank. The part of a chicken's leg between the claw and the first
joint.
Short-knife. A weapon mainly used by Mexicans and other Hispanics in
short-knife cockfights.It is shorter than a long-knife, ranging from 3/4
inch to 1 1/2 inch. It is becoming popular in America.
Sickles. The long, curved tail feathers of some roosters.
Sire. Father.
Sire family. The offspring of one cock mated to two or more hens, so
that all are full or half siblings.
Slasher.Another word describing a long knife.
Smut. Black feathers that are uncharacteristic for the breed, such as
black body feathers in a Rhode Island Red.
Sota. (pronouced So-tah) A term used to describe a rooster with
different colored legs, or eyes,or toes.For instance a bird might have a green
leg, and a yellow leg. Or green legs with yellow toes, or different
colored eyes. This term is used a lot in Hawaii.
Sparring.The act where roosters hit with the feet. Also refers to
placing sparring muffs over a rooster's natural spur in order to select or
condition him.
Sparring muffs. Often made of leather, sometimes red , resemble boxing
gloves.They are used to condition or select fowl.
Spent. No longer laying well.
Spurs. The sharp pointed protrusions on a rooster's shanks.
Stag. A cockerel on the brink of sexual maturity, when his comb and
spurs begin to develop.
Standard. The description of an ideal specimen for its breed; also, a
chicken that conforms to the description of its breed in the American
Standard of Perfection, sometimes erroneously used when referring to
large as opposed to bantam breeds.
Started pullets. Young female chickens that are nearly old enough to
lay.
Starter. A feed ration for newly hatched chicks, also called
"crumbles".
Starve-out. Failure of chicks to eat.
Sterile. Permanent inability to reproduce.
Sternum. Breastbone or keel.
Straightbred. Purebred.
Straight run. Newly hatched chicks that have not been sexed; also
called "unsexed" or "as hatched."
Strain. A more or less numerous family of the same breed, the members
of which are more or less interrelated one to another and which exhibit
a uniformity of type which disting wishes them from members of other
strains.
A flock of related chickens selectively bred by one person or
organization for so long that the offspring have become uniform in appearance or
production.
Stress. Any physical or mental tension that reduces resistance.
Stub. Down on the shank or toe of a clean-legged chicken.
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Table Work. Physical work done to a rooster while he is up in a keep.To
get him into shape for a fight.
*Taj/gulli. comb.
*Teek maarna. hit on the comb/ skull.
Toppy.a cluster of feathers on a fowl's head.
Trachea. Windpipe.
Trematode. A parasitic fluke.
Type. The size and shape of a chicken that tells you what breed it is.
Under Hack. When a rooster/Aseel will no longer show or fight.Will not
put up his hack feathers.Sometimes due to being fought too young or
when there is dunghill blood in the rooster/Aseel.
Unthrifty. Unhealthy appearing and/or failing to grow at a normal rate.
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Vaccine. Product made from disease-causing organisms and used to
produce immunity.
*Varach. jaw.
Variety. Subdivision of a breed according to color, comb style, beard,
or leg feathering.larger than strain but smaller than a breed.
Vent. The outside opening of the cloaca, through which a chicken emits
eggs and droppings from separate channels.
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Wala sa lugar.in filipino it meansd not in proper place gaffing style
wherein the base of the gaf is place under the spur.it also aims to test
the skill of the gaffer.a normal is usually placed at the left feet of
the cock & the steel gaff is leveled at the smallest toenail of the
cock.
Wattles. The two red or purplish flaps of flesh that dangle under a
chicken's chin.
Whiskers. Muffs.
Worm. to treat a fowl for worms.
Wormer.a medicine given orally kill parasitic worms of an animal/Aseel.
Wortham's Rules. Shortened term for Modern Tournament and Derby Rules.
The Rules most people now use for cockfighting.
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*Zairdum. downward tail.
Zoning laws. Laws regulating or restricting the use of land for a
particular purpose, such as raising chickens.
* These words are from Urdu / Punjabi language.
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