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1. Located under the chin. 2. Meaty, red growths. 3. Chickens have two wattles 4. Both male and female 5. Wattles do not just hang there, they actually very important 6. One of the things is they cool the chicken down 7. Happens when the blood circulates from the comb to the wattles. 8. Circulating blood lowers the temperature of the chicken during the hot weather.

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