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

[danischi24]

Thanks, she is very sweet, she's already taking mealworms from my hand. She's really curious though & she's taken chunks out of my lip, nose & a beauty spot on my collar bone

She seems to like her clothes & it's starting to get chilly here so I'm sure she will appreciate them even more though I do have AC in the house.

 

[CoopCrazy]

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Awesome... When you said you got her from a lab the logical conclusion was that they were developing them .. Here in the states though .. I dont see how they would survive , esp. here in indiana where it was 40 degrees f last night and up to 80 today...

 

[old geezer]

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....Amen

 

[chickenzoo]

They would probably enjoy the Florida heat also............ but they would need a ton of Bug Spray !!!!

She's a cutie , the muscles on the roo are scary......

 

[shareverwonder]

SCARY

 

[danischi24]

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It's a University lab & they are trying to make them a viable meat breed like the rooster you saw but she is just a bantam from the originals. Meat houses have controlled temperatures so your typical cornish crosses in Indiana had no problem with the weather last night & today. These chickens are a freak natural mutation & aren't meant for garden foraging but they can help people in Asia & Africa to survive because the less money it takes to produce them, the more affordable chicken will be to the poor in those countries. That's where this whole project is going & I think it's admirable. PS. the original birds were found & maintained in California.

 

[ejctm]

OMG

I do wonder what we as a human race are doing to animals as we breed them into such an unnatural state. Chickens, dairy cows, some toy dogs, etc. etc.

I also query how the poor farmers in Africa and Asia, as you say, are going to produce cheaper food with these chickens, when they will obviously need climate controlled environment (using more energy). I would have thought that feathered chickens running around foraging free food (as in most villages in the third world) and who look after themselves would already represent a cheap source of food for those people. I guess that would make an interesting debate.

Those chickens are certainly lucky to have been rescued by you, and you clearly care for them deeply. I just wish the scientists weren't doing experiments like these at all....

 

[nzpouter]

I want one!!!

 

[awesomefowl]

Wow-those are creepy! But I guess humans have to eat! LOL
She does have lovely eyes!

 

[Rockin' Reds]

That would take some getting used to...very interesting. Love her little outfit!!