Behold the featherless chicken, created by Scientists at the genetics faculty at the Rehovot Agronomy Institute near Tel Aviv, Israel. The bird is not genetically modified - it comes from a natural breed whose characteristics have been known for 50 years. ...

How are featherless chickens created?

Featherless chickens could be the future of mass poultry farming in warmer countries, says an Israeli geneticist who has created a bare-skinned “prototype”. ... He created his red-skinned chicken by selectively crossing a breed with a naturally bare neck with a regular broiler chicken.

Are chickens born featherless?

This video tells how featherless chickens were developed. They were actually bred to be featherless so that the chickens would not get overheated in hot and arid areas where many commercial chickens are raised.