Funky chicken?
 

Saw some strange looking birds in gansett today. About the size of a chicken , but extra fat. They had a bald head, white cheeks, and red turkey like skin hanging from the sides. There featheres were black and white, with very intracite desighns. Anyone know what they could be? Never seen them before.

Dems Vittles! :tooth:

Ahh sit, chiken and grits!! I thought about running one over. Also made some chicken noises to them, which got em all going making all kinds of noises.

did it look like this?

http://www.zuidwijk.nl/fun/funky/

Sounds like they may have been turkey vultures.

No, didnt have a long neck like a vulture or the beak of one, more chicken like. Not like that T.lap, more like the lighthouse

guinea (sp?) hen?

Thats what they were zacs, thanks. Those arent native to ganset though no?

I don't think they are native. I think people keep them like chickens. They have a couple of them at the umbrella factory in charlestown. In highschool we used to get baked and go watch them get chased around by the peacocks and geese. I saw some wandering a guy's front yard down the street from me, I assume they were domesticated.

We do have a TON of wild turkey up here in East Greenwich, west of rt. 4.

Ton of wild turkey in gansett too, see flocks of 15+ , pretty often.

Fat and bald? Sounds like it could have been my brother.

:laughs: :laughs:

Lots of Guinea hens in Exeter, someone who had a whole flock moved away and let them go wild. I see them very often.

slngshot and ball bearings :D

I coulda grabbed one by the neck if i tried.

let me know if you need my feather plucker:devil:

The Wolf Rock Veterinary place has some guinea hens on RT. 2 in Exeter. They have almost caused more accidents on my morning commute to work running across the road to Sophie's Coffee. They are loud annoying birds. My wife's grandmother used to have some.

Gonna be one less in gansett , next time i see em.:D

:laughs: the funny thing is that I know exactly what your talking about:smash:

is this what yoru talking about chef??

these birds are great if you hve lots of ticks in your yard. they eat insects, and will wipe out a tick population in a few weeks.

thats da funky chicken!!!

lived about 5 mins from the ones on rt2 never got a good shot at one though :(

Yup, that's my brother alright.

I almost ran over one of thise damn things on Rte 2 this morning on my way down to the boat. I shudda stopped at sofie's.

Those things make great watch-dogs. They raise a racket whenever someone comes near to the house. Moonshiners down home used them as Revenuer alarms.

My sister's got some of those birds that have gone wild near her house. They are very 'active' and noisy when the sun comes up.

They do have 1 redeeming quality, they eat ticks...

Thanksgivings coming up, maybe one of you guys oughta go out and get surf and turf (er fowl) and try one for thanksgiving. :laughs:

And if your looking for venison, a big fat 8 point buck crossed the road at 8 this morning right at the point judith lighthouse. he turned around to wacth me drive by, and never even tried to hide in the brush. So much for the age/wisdom thing ...

Saw a flock of 15+ big ol turkeys today,a lil down the road from the guinea hens.

Yup just about every moring on my way to work it is a wildlife minagery (sp?). This morning was 1 guinea hen, 3 deer, and five turkey (one almost landing on the hood of my car coming down from its roost). Almost had fresh bird for thanksgiving.

I'll be in a bird pit sunday am :D

Bird pit? Like a duck blind , but for turkeys?