what is a bunch of turkeys called?
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A group of turkeys is called a rafter. The red fleshy appendage that hangs from a turkey's neck is called a snood. The male turkey is known as a tom. The female is called a hen. Only tom turkeys gobble.
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A goose (plural geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. ... Some other birds, mostly related to the shelducks, have "goose" as part of their names. More distantly related members of the family Anatidae are swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller.
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yes, turkeys are a bird, which means that they have a skeleton. here you can see all the bones of a turkey. right above the first bone of the leg you will see the ribs.
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Does the meat from Thanksgiving turkeys typically come from male or female birds? ... The meat for Thanksgiving turkeys may come from either sex. Toms are larger and typically are used in further processed products like breast meat cold cuts, sausage, etc, but if you choose a whole, oven ready bird that is more than 8 kg.
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Giblets, which are the heart, gizzard, and liver of turkeys and other fowl, along with the neck, can be used to make a rich stock for homemade gravy. The liver should be cooked separately before being added to the stock, or it will make it too bitter.
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Fresh Butterball turkeys are available, but 80 percent of the brand is sold frozen. But whether frozen or fresh, 80 percent of all Butterball turkeys are "basted," a euphemism for an injection of vegetable oil into the turkey breast. ("Injection is not a food word," a spokeswoman for the company said.)
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A 4-5kg bird will serve 6-7, a 5-6kg one will do 8-10 and a 6-7kg turkey will feed 10-12. If you're catering for 6 or less, you might want to go for a crown joint rather than a whole bird – a 1.5-2kg turkey crown will serve 3-5, and a 2-2.5kg crown will feed 6-8.
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Hen and chicks (also known as hen-and-chickens, or hen-widdies in the American South) is a common name for a group of small succulent plants, a term that indicates a plant that possesses enlarged parts to store water. It belongs to the flowering plant family Crassulaceae, native to southern Europe and northern Africa.
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Wild Turkey Oddities: Feathers. ... Eastern and Osceola turkeys, in the heavily wooded areas of the East and South show relatively dark, chestnut colors. Rio Grande turkeys have buff tail feather tips that match the plains and shrub areas they inhabit.
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Goosebumps are tiny elevations of the skin that resemble the skin of poultry after the feathers have been plucked. (Therefore we could as well call them "turkeybumps" or "duckbumps.") These bumps are caused by a contraction of miniature muscles that are attached to each hair.
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The pygostyle is the main component of the uropygium, a structure colloquially known as the bishop's nose, parson's nose, pope's nose, or sultan's nose. This is the fleshy protuberance visible at the posterior end of a bird (most commonly a chicken or turkey) that has been dressed for cooking.
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The turkey vulture gets its name because of its red bald head that resembles the male wild turkey. The female is slightly larger than the male. Identified by its red head and brownish black body feathers, the turkey vulture's wings are brown around the edges and a silvery color when spread out and in flight.
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Why Is It Called “Stuffing” And “Dressing”? Traditionally, turkey is served on Thanksgiving. It's the star of the meal. ... By the 1500s, Medieval Brits were calling this seasoned mixture or whatever a bird was “crammed” with stuffing—also known as forcemeat.
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Male turkeys have brightly colored heads with no feathers, while females have a few feathers and are dully colored and better camouflaged in the wild. All turkeys have a fleshy appendage called a snood or dew bill which hangs from the beak. ... All male turkeys have a fan tail used for attracting females during mating.
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Gizzards are one of a loosely defined group of miscellaneous chicken parts known as the giblets (which also includes the heart and liver). These are the parts you find in the little bag usually stuffed into the bird's cavity—but the gizzards can be purchased separately.
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Since natural mating puts the female at risk of injury commercial meat turkeys are all bred artificially. This is unique in the poultry industry. Toms are raised separate from the hens, semen is collected from the toms, and hens are artificially inseminated once every seven days depending on fertility rates.
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No, they are not scared of turkeys, often see them together. They do watch the turkeys, react to threats or predators when the turkeys react to something.