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In this study, we investigated the feasibility of converting raw, mechanically untreated chicken feathers into soluble nitrogen compounds and extracellular keratinases through an inoculum-free microbial process operated at pilot scale. A 50\u00a0L horizontal bioreactor was run using only tap water and the indigenous feather-associated microbiota, without sterilization, nutrient supplementation or pretreatment, under alternating aerated and oxygen-limited regimes. Substantial feather degradation was achieved, accompanied by the accumulation of ammonium in the liquid phase up to 5\u00a0g L\u207b\u00b9 and keratinase activities exceeding 31,000 U mL\u207b\u00b9, particularly under oxygen-limited conditions. High-throughput 16\u00a0S rRNA gene sequencing revealed a compact but resilient core microbiota whose temporal succession correlated with process performance. Dominance shifts among\n                    <jats:italic>Comamonas<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Wolinella<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Tissierella<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Pseudoxanthomonas<\/jats:italic>\n                    suggested functional complementarity between taxa involved in keratin hydrolysis, peptide fermentation and nitrogen mineralization. The progressive enrichment of anaerobic or facultative anaerobic members during oxygen limitation was associated with intensified ammonium release and sustained enzymatic activity. Overall, this work demonstrates that native feather-associated microbial consortia can self-organize into a functionally stable community capable of driving keratin depolymerization and nitrogen recovery in the absence of an external inoculum. 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