[Avodah] Kashrut agency will not slaughter controversial chicken

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 14/08/17 14:28, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> So maybe the question is like that of the zebu, where the question was
> raised, we were about to assur, 

Very few were about to asser, because the view that a mesorah is needed 
for mammals is very much a daas yochid.


> But I thought the definition of "min" for animals is that they can
> interbreed and produce fertile young

This is true for mammals, not necessarily for birds.

I'd put a different argument: Let's suppose that it *is* a new min, for 
which no mesorah can exist because it didn't exist until relatively 
recently.  For that very reason we can be 100% certain that it isn't one 
of the 24 listed species, and therefore doesn't need a mesorah.  And if 
it's *not* a new min then it's a chicken, and once again kosher (except 
according to Anan ben David y"sh).

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