Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
I especially enjoyed the second half, where he's steam bending solid wood and explaining the microscopic physics of it.

Nope! Easiest I ever plucked, dip them in hot water and you realize how naked they actually are, just strips of feathers, looks are deceiving.
Mink oil is very popular here for waterproofing. Though maybe most don't know where it actually comes from![]()
Yeah, I had flipped one of the S&G broiler NN chicks to replace his leg band (he was squirming), and snapped a photo of his belly while he was there. He's only a heterozygote - the homozygotes have even fewer. You pick them up and under those feathers you're mostly feeling smooth skin, with just some lines of feathers...








