strange chicken/turkey hybrid type bird in Vermont
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Can anyone help me ID these things? We were driving through rural Vermont a few weeks ago and passed by a flock of these along the side of the road. They were about the size of chickens but some were black, some were gray and their heads looked turkey-like. There was a farmhouse nearby but it wasn't clear if they were domesticated since the flock started wandering across the road and into underbrush. They were LOUD too squawking the whole time. I thought maybe they were quails or some sort of subspecies of turkey?
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A shot of the larger group...
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Guinea fowl would be my guess.
Did they make noise like this?
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Did they make noise like this?
Some claim they help keep New England tick populations in check.
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Yup, I agree with Kelly.
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Yep, that's definitely what they were.
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