Years ago someone bred featherless chickens on the idea that by not having to supply nourishment to grow feathers, the chickens would be cheaper to raise. But what they found was that the birds lost weight from shivering, so heating costs more than made up for savings in chicken feed, and when the heating failed in winter, the birds all died of the cold.
Featherless chickens are used in hot climates, where it reduces the need for cooling. The chicken processing plant I pass on the way to Richmond looks eerily similar to a Nazi concentration camp. Towers, smokestacks, barbed wire fence, railroad cars full of victims. No guards with machine guns, though.
FitzFulke over 14 years ago
Free-range kibble for everybody!
pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
“Featherless bodies”? Why featherless?
Years ago someone bred featherless chickens on the idea that by not having to supply nourishment to grow feathers, the chickens would be cheaper to raise. But what they found was that the birds lost weight from shivering, so heating costs more than made up for savings in chicken feed, and when the heating failed in winter, the birds all died of the cold.
stuart over 14 years ago
Featherless chickens are used in hot climates, where it reduces the need for cooling. The chicken processing plant I pass on the way to Richmond looks eerily similar to a Nazi concentration camp. Towers, smokestacks, barbed wire fence, railroad cars full of victims. No guards with machine guns, though.