Mutant Turkeys???

largelylivin

I give. When I stopped the car I thought I was going to take some wild turkey photos. Now, I'm not some hopeless urbanite, I grew up in Indiana, so I've seen some wild and domestic turkeys with their feathers still intact. Since I can't find these in a bird book they must be some domesticated bird. But the images I found on the internet didn't match either.

Note the 'horn' on top of their heads. Also, there was a pure white bird in the flock that was not albino. These are the size of a smallish turkey and bigger than any chicken I've ever seen.

Giphsub

I'd say they were guinea fowl.

jwear

it is a guinea fowl I did ck I keep calling them p fowl and that is not right

largelylivin

Thanks alot!

They still aren't in my books. Do these occur in the wilds of New Jersey or arre they transplants?

WilliamClark77

Yup, Guineas. I see "wild" ones from time to time here in MS, but they're farm escapees. My grand dad just hatched some yesterday. I have no idea if they are domestic to here or feral.

canon400d

WilliamClark77 wrote:

Yup, Guineas. I see "wild" ones from time to time here in MS, but they're farm escapees. My grand dad just hatched some yesterday. I have no idea if they are domestic to here or feral.

Yes you are all quite right. They are Guinnea fowl we have them quite tame around our farms here in Scotland.
Regards
Bob

Maestro

I believe guinea fowl are escapees, but some feral populations may have established themselves in certain areas. They are from Africa.

dlplumer

Look like Coneheads to me

bfjr

So my question is ..... Do they taste like Chicken :eat

WildWally

:wow :yikes :food

bfjr wrote:

So my question is ..... Do they taste like Chicken :eat

shoepick

bfjr wrote:

So my question is ..... Do they taste like Chicken <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > :eat

Actually, I think they taste better than chicken. They make one heckava good pot o' gumbo.<!--StartFragment -->