Feeding Turkeys

Feeding Turkeys

Healthy Water Recipe

1/2 Gallon Warm Water

2 TBSP Apple Cider Vinegar

2 Garlic Cloves, blended

1/2 cup Honey

Access to Turkey “grit”

Do NOT feed - oyster shell grit

They need turkey grit, or access to small pebbles, dirt, gravel

Natural Foods

Grazing is GREAT for turkeys! They love Grass and the bugs they can get and rocks for their grit

Wild Turkey’s eat - worms, insects, fruits, seeds, snails, berries, nuts, plants, and small vertebrates.

Homemade Turkey foods - veggie and fruit scraps,

Grains - Barley, Black oil sunflower seeds, Bulgar, Milo, Millet, Flax, Corn, Wheat, Oats, Rice (cooked), Pasta (cooked)

Fruits are treats, not stapes of the diet - Grapes, Raisins, Peaches, Apples, Pears, Bananas (no peel), Crabapples, Cherries, Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon, Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries.

Veggies - pretty much all of them except ones listed in “Toxic foods” below

Nuts - if salted, wash the salt off. Acorns, Pine nuts, Almonds, Pecans, Walnuts, Brazil nuts, Beechnuts, Hickory nuts, Peanuts (food grade, not garden peanuts)

Dairy - Cheese, Yogurt

Mealworms

Poults or Chicks, 1-5 weeks old - need 26%-30% Protein feed, look for Turkey or Gamebird “Starter”

Young Turkeys, 5-12 weeks old - 20-24% Protein feed, Turkey or game bird “Grower”

Adult Turkeys, 13 weeks + need 14-16% Protein feed, regular turkey or game bird feed.

Do NOT feed Turkey’s MEDICATED chick starter

Commercial Feeds

The following are Toxic to Turkeys, DO NOT FEED!

Rhubarb Leaves - poisonous to all animals!

Tomato leaves

Nightshades

Tobacco

Raw Peanuts - aflatoxin fungus

Avocado - deadly to all birds

Potato peels, sprouts, leaves - any green parts are poisonous to birds and people.

Moldy or rotting foods

Morning Glory seeds

Sweet pea seeds

Datura seeds

Toxic To Turkeys -