by Strange Hippie » 08 Jul 2024 10:51
Turkeys are big, impressive birds, and as omnivores, they have a highly varied diet. If you raise turkeys on the homestead, it’s easy to forget that, especially if they are subsisting on a diet of game bird feed!
But in the wild, turkeys can eat all kinds of things, though their diet is largely seasonal: not all foods are available year-round, and sometimes the turkeys are forced to subsist mostly on what is available in a given region…
It’s neat stuff to know, sure, but we can also use this info to supplement the usual diet of our own turkeys with nutritious, whole foods that are typical for them.
Below is a list of things that turkeys will typically eat in the wild…
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Turkeys are big, impressive birds, and as omnivores, they have a highly varied diet. If you raise turkeys on the homestead, it’s easy to forget that, especially if they are subsisting on a diet of game bird feed!
But in the wild, turkeys can eat all kinds of things, though their diet is largely seasonal: not all foods are available year-round, and sometimes the turkeys are forced to subsist mostly on what is available in a given region…
It’s neat stuff to know, sure, but we can also use this info to supplement the usual diet of our own turkeys with nutritious, whole foods that are typical for them.
Below is a list of things that turkeys will typically eat in the wild… [b][size=150][url=https://thehomesteadinghippy.com/what-turkeys-eat-in-the-wild/]READ FULL ARTICLE[/url][/size][/b]
