When we worked for a food bank, we'd see strangely "plucked" turkeys and chicks come through. They would be covered with stubs of the feathers as if you removed the feathers with a sheep shearer. Us workers would get leftovers that couldn't be handed out (normally past the sell by date or torn package). After a couple of these sheared birds, we got a lot more picky about what we'd take. It took a lot of work to pull out all the stubs.

Any idea why these were like that?