What Do Wild Turkeys Eat?

Video Transcript

"They are again one of these things that feed heavily on insects in the warmer weather and then they switch over to corn and grain in the colder weather. In fact here in New England where a lot of farmers will actually spread manure on their fields in the fall, wild turkeys will go into agricultural fields and they will actually feed on the manure because there's lots of grain and so on that's actually in the manure that is spread. But essentially they're bird, birds that feed mostly on the ground, you know they peck. They are like giant chickens in a sense. They'll use their very powerful feet to scratch if you are in an area where wild turkeys have been foraging, especially if there is a lot of them in a flock the ground is often turned up where they've been scratching out seeds you know in the fall, or if there's an area where there is a lot of bugs in the grass and so forth, you'll see them sort of moving through as a troop you know pecking at grasshoppers and other small insects. So it's mainly a matter of insects and grain for wild turkeys. Again they are like over sized chickens."