5/21/2002: Featherless chicken

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It was photoshopped not once but twice on Fark, so I'm a little reluctant to use this shot as the IotD when it's the last day of our classified ad there. I try not to use major Fark images but this one is just too damn good, and most of our regular folks are not farkers.

And new user "lawman" sent it in as a suggestion. Sure, why not? (Thanks!)

And the Fark folks won't have gotten the info on it, which lawman passed along, and is just as interesting:

http://www.reuters.com/news_article....toryID=984309#

The quick story: someday most chickens could look like this. A geneticist developed this bird by cross-breeding. The featherless version is good for the environment, because you don't have a load of feathers left over after processing, and feather removal also consumes massive amounts of water.

But it's also good to help keep the birds cool as they grow, and to help chickens live better in hot climates.