Stats

Lifespan: 5-10 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Southeast Asia
Movement: Walking
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Group defense
Status: Common

About

An ornamental Turkish breed prized for its lavish feathered crest, muffs, and beard, plus five toes on each foot and feathering that runs all the way down its legs into slipper-like foot fluff. Once kept exclusively by Ottoman sultans, it was among the first eastern breeds imported to Europe in the 1850s.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A large clutch of eggs sits in a shallow ground scrape, incubated by the hen until the brood hatches together.
2.
hatchling chick
A downy chick leaves the nest within hours of hatching and pecks for food alongside the hen.
3.
juvenile
A juvenile grows its first body feathers, learns to fly short bursts, and stays in the brood until fledged.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Gallus
Species: Gallus gallus