| Show FARM TOPICS crossing Min orcas and brahman results in wingless chickens Poultry men a and n d consumers throughout the united states are still speculating on the degree ee impact on the poultry industry of the development of wingless chickens peter baumann des moines iowa a veterinary supply salesman has raised a flock of such chickens and has proclaimed loudly that they are the nearest thing alive to famed cartoonist al capps sh moos baumann said he had spent 10 y years ears developing the wingless flock and that he expects the breed to set a new trend in chicken raising he pointed out that the wingless chicken has a thick layer of white meat where ordinary chickens have wings baumann said he had kept his bis R J for those who dislike chicken wings peter IT baumann of 0 des bomes momes iowa has come up with wingless chickens ile he is shown here comparing the wingless chicken right with an ordinary chicken left chicken breed a secret because he wanted to be sure it was a success he studied animal husbandry at iowa state college and asserts his wingless chickens arz are not a freak A freak does not reproduce he be argued the ance ancestors of this new breed of chicken baumann said came from texas he was traveling through that state in the when he acquired a light brahma rooster and a white minorca hen each bird had only stubs for wings he bred them he said and was astounded when the hen hatched wingless chickens he then began experimenting and breeding baumann reported that at first he got only three or four wingless birds out of eggs now he said about 95 of every chicks have no wings at all some of the others he said have stubs or a stub on one side and a wing on the other |
