Scalped chickens from Israel

some call them the genetic one

the great creator though

just says they are featherless

I suppose he ought to know

its all about hot countries

and how the feathered brood

wander about in the tropics

and end up well half stewed

and so this great professor

decided what he’d do

is reduce the overcoats they wear

and so he took the view

to breed a broiler faster

with intensive feed so they

grew so blood fast infact

that their feathers didn’t play

the part they might have otherwise have played

and so now we

can save time and save money

and that is good to see

the waste is also saved for no more feathers

in the bin

water fat and feathers

a farmer cannot win

having to dump that slurry

and so to save the time

has to be a godsend

worthy of my rhyme

but honestl;y those chickens

in colder places will

shiver like the clappers

and if they are ever still

they will catch their death I think

out in the cold rain

no feather to absorb it

its going to be a strain

the saving of the pluckers

thats a big lump too

I have heard of bald eagles

now we have bald chickens who

can wander in the farmyard

perhaps have a tattoo

perhaps a spot of sunbathing

or whatever does accrue