Leading rabbonim in Eretz Yisroel are divided regarding the kashrus of the newly arrived Braekel chicken. Because it originated centuries ago in a part of Belgium where there was no Jewish kehillah, some poskim maintain that it does not have the tradition requisite for birds and may not be eaten.
Rav Nissim Karelitz of Bnei Brak and other leading rabbonim permit the bird, some writing in a letter: “We have been introduced to a chicken called ‘Braekel’ and see nothing about it that goes against mesores, but we checked the issue to remove any doubts.”
However, Rav Moshe Sternbuch, av beis din of the Eidah Hachareidis, examined and discussed the bird for four hours with leading shochtim and concluded that it is forbidden.
“After consultation with veteran shochtim who regard the chicken as unusual and having no mesores [I decided it should not be eaten],” he wrote. “And every other unusual bird has the same halacha and is regarded as treifa as we find in Shu”t Divrei Chaim (45), who concludes that even if all the gedolei Yisroel declare it kosher, it is considered treifa.”
{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}