Inbar, the naked chicken-more pics, update pg 15

[Mahonri]

So who in CA has these birds???

Someone here has to have them.

I imagine if I were that roo, I'd get all red too....

I'm married, I shouldn't imagine.

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

How's Miss Inbar doing, by the way?

 

[danischi24]

The only place with them is the University of CA & good luck even getting a response from them, they didn't even bother answering my email. These birds are not available to the public at all.

Inbar is doing very well. She's staring & cooing at me for food right now-such a pig. She lays HUGE eggs though. She's gotta weigh less than a pound but her eggs are almost the size of supermarket production Leghorns! I thought that they were double yolkers at first but no, just huge eggs.

 

[LALASD4]

"University of CA" ? Which one? I attended the one in San Diego. The system is so big that you have to at least contact the right department and the right location in order to hope for a response.

 

[danischi24]

This one: University of California—Davis, Department of Avian Sciences. I contacted the right people. They chose to ignore me. Their problem, I have my special chick now.

 

[GammaPoppyLilyFlutter]

Not naked if they're wearing sweaters

 

[Bantimna]

Inbar, what a lovely name.
Doesn't she get affected by the warm weather in Israel? - I mean it can get quiet hot there!

 

[danischi24]

No, it's the cold that bothers her more. I've been a bit worried about her with the cold weather we have had lately but she seems fine with her PJs on. She lives indoors so in summer, I just keep the air conditioning on for all the naked critters.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Do these naked chickens still go through a "molt?" Obviously, they don't have any feathers to replace, but do they go through the other motions (stop laying, weight loss, crabbiness, etc) of a molt?

 

[danischi24]

You can check out her molting pictures in the 2010 Molt Competition: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=394556
She does have a few feathers as you will see on the last few pages of the competition where I've added recent post-molt pictures.