Poultry

The first time I saw a Turken, I honestly thought someone had crossed a chicken with a vulture. That bare, red skin around the neck looks startling at first. But it’s not a mistake or a disease. It’s a genetic trait passed down by a single dominant gene called Na. This gene reduces feather coverage…

I still remember the first time I saw a Brahma rooster strut across a friend’s yard. It looked like it was wearing fluffy slippers. That’s the charm of feather-footed chickens. Their legs and toes are covered in soft plumage instead of bare scales. This trait has a real scientific name: ptilopody. It comes from a…