Most of my heritage is scottish and daft was a very common word to hear. Great grandparents when they got mad or excited had half gaelic and half english in their speech. After all the exposure to them I have even caught myself doing it.
It all comes down to a cultural bias for white meat. In many other regions it is a dark meat preference.
"DAFT" Now there is a word I haven't seen used in a while. These days when I use that word people don't understand what it means.