Have you seen this before? 👀 . Chickens come in many feather types, there is a whole world of biodiversity out there in the chicken world - incredible egg colors, size differences and different feather types! 🌿 Smooth feathers are most commonly seen on chickens but then there are Silked feathers (like silkie chickens) and frizzle feathers which are in the first and second photos above. If you mix Silked and frizzle feathers together you get sizzle chickens (which look even more disheveled and

Feathers: ancient, engineered, and way more than just for flight. 🪶 Our friend @tardibabe headed to Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock National Park and a feather from a Northern Gannet (Morus Bassanus) which sparked a deep dive into the story of feathers themselves. The earliest known feathered bird, Archaeopteryx, lived over 150 million years ago and likely shared a common ancestor with theropod dinosaurs. Thousands of fossil discoveries reveal that many non-avian dinosaurs also had feathers,