As you'd guess, their thick feathered feet allow them to thrive better in cold environments.If you're thinking like I did at some point that "this extra- feathering is not my thing," you have the choice of crested, bearded and muffed chicken breeds.
In describing the Inupiat collections derived from Point Barrow in 1881, Murdoch (1892:201) reported: "Generally, if not universally, the feathering was made of the feathers of some bird of prey, falcon, eagle, or raven, probably with some notion of giving to the arrow the death-dealing quality of the bird."
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