How chickens keep their cool: Mutation explains odd look of Transylvanian naked neck chicken

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 21:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Its head looks like a turkey's, its body resembles a chicken's -- now scientists can explain why one of the poultry world's most curious specimens has developed such a distinctive look. The Transylvanian naked neck chicken -- once dubbed a Churkey or a Turken because of its hybrid appearance -- has developed its defining feature because of a complex genetic mutation.

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