Has anyone heard of a featherless chicken? **links provided**

[Dar]

I was watching the science channel tonight and seen this chicken..

it is called a featherless chicken.. it is not done by messing with the DNA but rather finding chickens that have a gene mutation that prevents it from growing feathers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2000003.stm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5667978708985211699

the video is cool...

 

[paddock36]

My husband called my at work to tell me about the same chicken but I did not see it until now. I think it's pretty sad. I don't really understand the reason to do that to an animal. I wonder how much money was spent to come up with this. Probably could have paid several chicken plucker salaries.

 

[Mahonri]

Haven't seen any in the US nor offered here.

I can just see it now Naked Ameraucanas in Phoenix. (it get's warm here)

 

[Dar]

the chicken is already lacking the gene for feathers

this was something that occured on its own... and they bulit on it

 

[Mahonri]

Anybody headed to Israel that would like to bring back some hatching eggs?

 

[BarkerChickens]

Won't they get sunburned? They'd need to live on the coast somewhere where it is humid, warm but not too hot, and warmer winters....otherwise they need to live in the house!

 

[magikchick]

We need to knit them some sweaters to keep them warm.

 

[Sissy]

they may get
charged with indecent exposure. LOL

 

[Black Feather]

Oh my gosh.....that poor little hen she was holding was trying to fly away! I didn't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for the poor bird! Those wings were just going like a little hummingbird!

 

[Dar]

i think in the video either a chicken was about to poop or about to lay an egg..
is it normal for the combs of the roos supposed to be that big?