Strange hybrid chicken with no feathers, bright red skin like a phoenix

Experts say that chickens raised for meat are genetically predisposed to eat a lot, gain weight very quickly, and have hearts that beat at up to 300 beats per minute, causing their metabolism to run at a higher temperature than other chicken breeds. While rapid weight gain makes chickens perfect for the growing meat processing industry, they also create a huge problem with overheating.

Raising broiler chickens in hot climates requires expensive cooling systems to control their temperature. To save energy and money for farmers, Israeli scientists have come up with the idea of ​​creating a breed of chicken that does not grow feathers.

Variations in DNA codes can do some pretty cool things to animals. The Featherless chicken is a hybrid chicken variant that originated at the Hebrew University in Israel.

This is a breed of chicken newly bred by Israeli scientists with the aim of adapting to Israel's hot climate, further improving the country's poultry industry.

Close-up of a strange featherless chicken - a product of science.

"We have bred a natural featherless chicken that has been known for 50 years, " said Professor Avigdor Cahaner. "It is identical to a normal chicken except that it has no feathers. Moreover, these chickens grow very quickly because they do not need to spend energy to grow feathers."

Perhaps, compared to other chicken breeds, featherless chicken farmers will not have to spend much money on cooling systems on farms.

In addition, all the nutrients the chicken eats will be converted into meat, not divided into feather growth, so the chicken will grow faster.

In fact, featherless chickens are not DNA mutant chickens but are due to special crossbreeding . Researchers only select chickens with little feathers, then gradually crossbreed them to create these featherless chickens.

Featherless chickens do well in hot climates, as their lack of feathers helps keep them cool when temperatures rise.

Featherless chickens are not a result of DNA mutation but are the result of special breeding.

However, poultry experts have objected to this study because they believe that a featherless chicken will not be healthy. A featherless male will not be able to mate with a female because he cannot flap his wings to maintain balance when climbing on the hen's back.

In addition, featherless chickens are more susceptible to skin diseases and parasites . Mosquitoes can freely suck the chickens' blood. And chicken skin is also more susceptible to sunburn.

However, the main reason why naked chickens have not really caught on in the two decades since their introduction is because people are still not used to their “unnatural” appearance . Some people condemn them as “sick science”, while others argue that normal chickens suffer enough and there is no need to create more vulnerable animals.

A study in the journal Agriallis concluded that consumer acceptance of featherless chickens would be low “due to concerns about hormones, unusual animals and health effects . ”

Raising broiler chickens in hot climates requires expensive cooling systems to control their temperature. To save energy and money for farmers, Israeli scientists have come up with the idea of ​​creating a breed of chicken that does not grow feathers.

Variations in DNA codes can do some pretty cool things to animals. The Featherless chicken is a hybrid chicken variant that originated at the Hebrew University in Israel.

This is a breed of chicken newly bred by Israeli scientists with the aim of adapting to Israel's hot climate, further improving the country's poultry industry.