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Turkeys
A turkey is a large bird with a fleshy wattle hanging from the underside of its beak. It is also characterized by a lump called a snood, dangling from the top of its beak.
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What do farm-raised turkeys eat?
I have some wild turkeys for pets and feed them what you feed chickens and game birds. But if you just want to attract some wild ones I'd say wholecorn, birdseed , and bugs or under ground plants (hunting or sporting stores have many plants to make your turkeys happy).
Do turkeys have colored feathers?
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Like chickens, female turkeys are simply called hens. Male turkeys, on the other hand, are called toms. Baby turkeys are known as poults.
It is false. What started this saying was when baby turkeys are born, they do not have feathers. Mothers would huddle there chicks in there feathers when storms hit. The chicks would die from exposure to the weather. It started when farmers found there turkeys drinking falling water when raining and found dead chicks thinking that they drown from the rain when in reality they died from weather. Besides if that were true, we wouldn't have an overpopulation of turkey's.
Does a Hen Turkey fan out its feathers?
Hen Turkeys fan out their feathers to appear bigger. This behavior is seen in every other species of turkey as well.
Do turkeys have better eyesight than deer?
A turkey's eyes are set in the sides of its head for monocular vision. But a hen or gobbler makes up for a lack of 3D sight by cocking its head left or right to determine the distance to other turkeys or potential danger in the brush. A turkey can twist its long neck 360 degrees, which in effect gives it eyes in the back of its head. While a turkey has poor night vision, it sees much more crisply in daylight than a human with 20/20 sight. These laser-like eyes are the turkey's primary defense mechanism. Turkeys, unlike deer, can see and assimilate some colors. For example, both hens and subordinate toms react to the changing blues, reds and whites of a dominant gobbler's head and neck during the spring breeding season. A tom's color-pulsing head stimulates hens for mating and suppresses the breeding urges of beta toms.
- The maximum recorded lifespan for a turkey in captivity is twelve years and four months. For turkeys living in the wild, the maximum is less than ten years, but the average life expectancy of a turkey, is males just over 2 years and just over 3 years for females. Some domestic male turkeys often grow too large and too heavy to carry their own weight after their first year. Domestic turkeys bred for food consumption were not bred to live over one year.
Do turkeys have feet which are adapted for scratching for their food?
They scratch under leaves to stir up insects to eat.
What is the Latin name for wild turkeys?
The scientific name for the wild turkey is the Meleagris gallopavo. The common name is the domesticated turkey. The turkey has different names in all different origins.
How many feathers does a turkey have?
Turkeys, whether domestic or wild, all have two legs. All birds have only two legs.
The term "Jenny" is used to refer to the female of certain animals, specifically the donkey or the wren. A male pheasant is usually called a ringneck and the female, simply a female pheasant. See the related link for more information.
male pheasants are usually called 'cocks' and females 'hens'
This depends on which turkey you are referring to.
Wild turkeys are omnivores and have been known to feed on plants, insects, and even small reptiles.
The turkey vulture is a scavenger.
In English turkeys say gobble gobble gobble What do turkeys say in French?
If you mean the bird, then it's "dinde". a saryhhiim
Does Alaska have a wild turkey population?
There are no wild turkeys in Alaska because the environment does not support them. These turkeys cannot stand the cold.
Which one of your forefathers wanted a turkey instead of an bald eagle for the national symbol?
Which one of our forefathers wanted the turkey instead of the bald eagle as the national
Why turkey produces females for several generation?
Parthenogenesis is observed in turkey that is it can directly produce a new individual without fertilisation and thus can produce females for several generations.
When did they start eating turkey?
In 1621, on Thanksgiving day, the Pilgrims and Native Americans ate wild turkeys, and it became a holiday tradition from that day forward.
Do turkeys prefer to walk of run but will fly?
All wild turkeys are able to fly. However, the turkey you are used to eating on holidays probably never flew and may not be able to fly.
What are some ways that you can save turkeys?
Pretty much similar to chickens, only feed them gamebird food, not chicken feed. they need a higher protein to keep from having leg problems. They need more room in a coop due to the size of the bird. 3-4 square feet per bird. Also supply roosts. Some will roost, some won't. They are said to be friendly and to get attached to people and follow around like dogs. Turkeys are fun! and beautiful!
