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Show THURSDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1975 PAGES Feafherless Chickens and Cheaper Dinners? chickens on American tables were former layers, slaughtered after their egg production declined. Chicken was a costly meal reserved for feathers eliminates one step Kcatherless chickens are nervous birds, but they might mean cheaper dinners. Raising chickens without in processing the birds for market. And since a fourth of the protein in a broiler goes snappy little number It'll keep you warm and the chicks will love it HerrsB ft. into its feathers, a nude bird r NEW! meal. In 1973. a chicken was hatched near Indianola, Iowa. Someday, scientists may turn llicir attention to this phenomenon, for the benefit of drumstick-lovers everywhere. holidays and special occasions. Today, chickens are specially bred to be layers or broilers, raised in "factor- ies" on assembly-lin- mexH-nsiv- four-legge- feed- e e ing for quick results. A chicken dinner now is an d k FIRE ISLANDER Group THE TAILORED LOOK es ... r-- (, DESIGNED FOR THE WORKING GIRL . . . YOUNG AT OR OLD HEART! RED FOX PORTRAIT 11) North Male, Loqa NATIONAL VACATIOB-PLAIHI- G would yield more meat. Research into featherless chickens began in 1953 when Ursula Abbott, a professor of bird genetics at the University of California at Davis, found one in a batch of chicks she had ordered from New A CRUISE HEADQUARTERS To make the most of every precious vacation day and dollar, let the experience of Colburn Travel Service plan your next trip. We are members of the American Society of Travel Agents. Hampshire. Since then, scientific breeding has produced hundreds of the genetic freaks, the National Geographic Society says. Entire flocks in laboratories wear only an occasional wispy feather. RUT THERE are several reasons why none of the birds have smooth-skinne- d appeared MEMBER call a professional . . . call Qolhuut 1001 SeUuce Serving Cache Valley Residents for 25 Years 60 E. Center, Logan 4311 752-611- 5 on supermarket shelves. Whether from embarrassment or whatever, the denuded fowl are extremely nervous and prone to develop stomach ulcers. Without their protective coats, they also are susceptible to chills. Their feathered brethren can survive even freezing weather, but naked chickens shiver if the henhouse temperature dips even slightly. They get so miserable that they stop eating and simply waste away," reports De. Ralph Somes, Jr., who is studying the mutants at the GEOGRAPHIC NEWS SERVICE Although pre-pluck- broilers could save processing costs, the birds use up so much energy rushing about trying to keep warm that they eat more than other chickens their weight. Any profits to be made from featherless chickens are further reduced by the added cost of the fuel needed to keep their quarters adequately heated. RUT THE strange-lookin- g birds may have a future. Scientiests are experimenting with economical methods of fattening them for marketing. At the University of Maryland, Drs. Max Rubin and Daniel E. Bigbee have found that under the right temperatures feed bills for featherless chickens need not be higher than for ordinary birds. When CMXDIIN ens are more energetic they develop less fat, which leads of Connecticut. University NO AGE LIMIT "ADULTS WELCOME" One Complimentary portrait will be given to each family at a gift from our store. These are beaulilvlly posed portraits, not snapshots, taken by a skilled, professional Photographer. Family Group Portraits less shrinkage in the oven. Added servings delivered to the dinner table might more than make up for those higher heating bills. 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