The red appendage under the roosters beak is indeed called a wattle. Both wattle and comb have two purposes, they cool the bird during the hot summer and help attract mates. Chickens do not sweat, blood circulates through the wattle and comb and excess heat is dispersed into the air helping to cool the bird down.
That featherless flap of red skin hanging down from a chickens beak is called a WATTLE.
Most chickens, male or female have wattles and combs. Combs are the red featherless skin that grows from the top of their heads. Some breeds do not have them, or at least have noticeable one's. Wattles and combs, besides being attractive to the opposite gender of each breed are mostly useful for cooling the bird during hot weather. Chickens do not sweat, they pant, they become less active, dig depressions in the dust/cool earth and they allow air to pass over the combs and wattles to help cool themselves down. Think of them as little radiators, releasing heat.
it is a wattle
Wattles.
Usually feathers but if you are talking about the red fleshy thing on the head of a rooster, that is called a Comb. The red flesh below the beak is called a wattle.Combs and wattles are used to help cool the bird down and to attract a mate.
A cockscomb, cock's-comb, or (less commonly) coxcomb is a fleshy growth, caruncle, or crest on the top of the head of many gallinaceous birds, notably turkeys, pheasants, and domestic chickens. It is generally larger on males than on females.The crest is a prominent feature exhibited by several bird and dinosaur species on their heads.
The red skin hanging off their beak is called a wattle. And you probably already know that the top is called a comb. They are used in courtship and other displays of the like. It is also a sign of maturity. Thanks, DavidJr
Roosters are not an aquatic species and therefore do not have gills. If you are referring to the red skin hanging under the beak, they are called wattles and they help cool the chicken during hot weather.
This flap of loose skin, found on roosters, turkeys, some dog and goat varieties, and even some humans, is called a wattle.
The bright red thing under the turkey's chin is the gobbler, that just gives aura of importance. (I think)
the fleshy type thing hanging from a turkeys chin is a wattle.your welcome!
Below the jaw is called 'wattles'.
Wattles.
Wattles! =P
Try the New Hampshire ... roosters are a deep orange & red
If you are talking about the red thing hanging down from it's neck. That is called the flap of loose skin.
The red adornments on a chicken's head are there primarily to help get rid of excess body heat. Sometimes they can be detrimental as when the comb is long, droopy and gets in the way of eating, or the when tissue can be frostbitten in the winter and an infection can set in. Other roosters also use the comb as an attack site.Comb: the fleshy projection along the skull crown.Wattles: fleshy projection under the lower beakEarlobes: fleshy projection extending down from the ear holes. If the breed lays brown or colored eggs, the lobe will be all red. If the breed lays white eggs, the lobe will be pale to white.
Usually feathers but if you are talking about the red fleshy thing on the head of a rooster, that is called a Comb. The red flesh below the beak is called a wattle.Combs and wattles are used to help cool the bird down and to attract a mate.
A cockscomb, cock's-comb, or (less commonly) coxcomb is a fleshy growth, caruncle, or crest on the top of the head of many gallinaceous birds, notably turkeys, pheasants, and domestic chickens. It is generally larger on males than on females.The crest is a prominent feature exhibited by several bird and dinosaur species on their heads.
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