OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaTurkeys are big birds with colorful feathers. They say “gobble gobble” and live on farms and in the wild. Turkeys are interesting birds with many cool features!
The boy turkeys can spread their tail feathers out like a big fan to show off! Turkeys have a wobbly piece of skin on their chin called a wattle. They also have a bumpy piece on top of their beak called a snood that can change color.
Turkeys eat seeds, bugs, and berries. They scratch the ground with their feet to find food. Wild turkeys also eat acorns, small frogs, and lizards.
- Wild turkeys can actually fly short distances, but farm turkeys mostly walk around on the ground.
- A turkey’s snood can change color from red to blue depending on how the turkey is feeling.
- Benjamin Franklin once wrote a letter saying he thought the turkey was a more respectable bird than the bald eagle!
