Ear tuft
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Ear tuft is a mutation found in the Araucana chicken breed. It causes a skin projection covered in feathers to appear on the sides of the head near the ears. It could be said chickens with this trait appear to have pom-poms stuck on their heads. This mutation is a dominant semi-lethal.
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