Posted: Apr 16, 2012 3:32 pm
Birds actually have scales on their legs. This is especially prominent on large birds. You can see this on my friend's turkeys. As you look up the leg you actually see the scales begin to become more perpendicular to the leg, elongated and feathery, quite quickly, as they near the top of the leg. I really don't see the problem there with that one. Once you pluck a turkey there's no scales under the feathery parts, because the feathers are the scales.