What is the best feed for Turkey?

What is the best feed for Turkey?

Adult turkeys will eat as much as fifty percent of their intake from pasture or range grass. Range grass is grass that is four to six inches long. Turkeys like to eat the growing tips of the grass. They will also enjoy any kitchen or garden scraps: lettuce, tomatoes, sweet corn, summer squash, and so on.

Can I feed turkeys chicken feed?

Turkeys cannot eat chicken feed, or at least they shouldn’t. Turkeys are larger birds than chickens and therefore require more protein in their diet. Equally, chicken feed is usually insufficient to nourish and provide all the nutrients a turkey requires for optimal health.

What do I feed my turkey?

Turkeys need a high protein diet when they are young as they grow and gain muscle quickly. To support this growth, feed a complete feed with 30 percent protein, such as Purina® Game Bird 30% Protein Starter until the birds are 8 weeks old.

What should you not feed turkeys?

Processed Human Food: Processed foods, especially those that are greasy, salty, or sweet, should be avoided. These foods are not healthy for turkeys. Our junk food is also junk food for them. Too much salt, sugar, or fat can cause health problems.

What can turkeys not eat?

Can turkeys eat cracked corn?

Cracked Corn-Corn is chocked full of protein and fiber that makes a great wild turkey food. Since wild turkeys are a ground-feeding type, sprinkling cracked corn in an open area of dirt is a sufficient way to attract them. Seeds- Another easily attainable food source, seeds provide even more nutrition for wild turkeys.

Can turkeys eat oatmeal?

There is little information available concern- ing the relative feeding values of oats and corn for turkeys. Carlson and Kohlmeyer (1952) reported oats to be worth about 76 per cent as much as corn (on a pound for pound basis) when fed at levels of 10 to 80 per cent of turkey rations.

Are turkeys intelligent?

Not to be confused with their distant and stupid cousin, the domesticated turkey commonly found in freezers, wild turkeys are highly intelligent and unpredictable. They can fly as fast as 55 m.p.h., run up to 20 m.p.h. and have keen eyesight.

Do turkeys recognize humans?

Turkeys looove greeting visitors, making new friends, and being around others. They can even recognize human faces!

What do you feed your turkeys?

They are fed a combination of homegrown corn, soybean meal, vitamins and water. We grind our own feed to perfectly match the concentration to the age of the growing turkeys. Our turkeys are not given any growth hormones, antibiotics, preservatives, or fillers. They are full grown at 18-23 weeks.

Where can I buy all natural Turkey wholesale?

Purchase Non-GMO All-Natural Turkey Wholesale From Sunrise Farms. Easily purchase frozen and seasonal fresh all-natural turkey wholesale.

Why buy non-GMO all-natural Turkey wholesale?

By providing feed that suits the natural eating schedule of the turkeys, we neither overfeed or underfeed our poultry. Retail and commercial wholesale customers taste the quality of our turkeys and return time and time again, which is one way we measure success. Contact Us To Purchase Non-GMO All-Natural Turkey Wholesale Today.

When can you buy fresh turkeys for Thanksgiving?

For Thanksgiving, Order Fresh All-Natural Turkeys By September. During the year we provide frozen all-natural turkey wholesale for purchase in our storefront. Pre-order fresh whole turkeys from our non-GMO farm for Thanksgiving. We begin taking wholesale fresh turkey orders in late summer.