Don't you think this is sort of mean? ***kind of icky picture***

[cluckmecoop7]

It has no feathers. It can't regulate its body temperature. What do you think?
Full article here: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/10/ready-to-cook-featherless-chicken.html

 

[Bear1978]

That’s just gross. Sorry. But a chicken without feathers like this just isn’t right. They were designed to have feathers. Not to be without them.

 

[Lydia Huizenga]

Who would do this? Poor thing looks sunburnt already. I know Naked Neck Turkens naturally have bare necks but not their whole body. I would keep it covered until it's feathers grow back.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I know, that's what I thought. Actually @Lydia Huizenga - The feathers will never grow back. That chicken was bred to be without feathers its whole life.

 

[black_cat]

Is this a breed? A photoshopped picture? One of your chooks? A pic from the internet? What's going on here I don't think that it's good for the bird. They were made to have feathers, and as you said, can't regulate their body temperature without them.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Is this a breed? A photoshopped picture? One of your chooks? A pic from the internet? What's going on here I don't think that it's good for the bird. They were made to have feathers, and as you said, can't regulate their body temperature without them.

Yes, that is a breed. No, not a photoshopped picture. Not mine either. Yes, a picture from the internet.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Actually, these birds were bred for meat birds. They're not meant to be free range, they're kept in climate controlled buildings their whole lives. There a nothing wrong with these birds.

 

[black_cat]

Actually, these birds were bred for meat birds. They're not meant to be free range, they're kept in climate controlled buildings their whole lives. There a nothing wrong with these birds.

Oh-ok. I didn't have the context! Whoops! If they're bred to be meat birds, and are in climate controlled buildings, I suppose it's ok.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Yeah, that's sort of ok. But..... the so called "climate controlled building" are actually factory farms! And we all know what those look like.
(Not a picture with that breed.)

 

[JacinLarkwell]

They have naked neck in their background, which is why they have no feathers. They were bred to have less feathers each generation. The idea was it would save time, energy and money butchering birds that didn't need to be plucked and that they would grow faster since energy didn't go towards growing feathers