Do turkeys eat bread?

By Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (47210)

Staten Island, New York

May 13, 2021 2:45pm CST

My neighbors like to throw bread out onto the street by their house. They don't do it all the time but I see bread on the ground often. I guess they are doing it to feed birds. This week I saw a male turkey by their house and it stood their waiting, his call frequent and loud. I wonder if he was there because he saw bread there before and had some. Do turkeys eat bread? And what do they actually eat? I am assuming that this turkey that's been roaming around our street is a wild turkey.

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@CarolDM (203409)

• Nashville, Tennessee

13 May 21

They love corn, acorns, grass, lizards, snakes, insects. You can feed them bread but I was always told it has to be fresh and small amounts. When it gets wet it can stick in their digestive system.

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@lovebuglena (47210)

• Staten Island, New York

14 May 21

Good to know about the bread.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (38061)

• Toccoa, Georgia

13 May 21

I never thought it before.

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@kareng (77662)

• United States

13 May 21

They can eat bread as long as it doesn't have mold on it. However, there is not much nutritional value in it for them so amount should be limited.

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@kareng (77662)

• United States

14 May 21

@lovebuglena That wouldn't have bothered them. I've heard though that molded bread is not good for them.

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@lovebuglena (47210)

• Staten Island, New York

14 May 21

I thought about giving it bread once recently but hesitated. Plus, it wasn't that soft anymore.

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@thelme55 (77701)

• Germany

15 May 21

I have no idea if turkeys eat bread. I hope you will get an answer here.

@lovebuglena (47210)

• Staten Island, New York

15 May 21

It's not really good for them from what some have told me.

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@thelme55 (77701)

• Germany

16 May 21

@lovebuglena That is good to know.

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Belex Hanns Abel

@Belexhanns (3431)

• Kampala, Uganda

13 May 21

I thought there are no wild Turkeys, yeah I think turkeys do eat bread

@lovebuglena (47210)

• Staten Island, New York

14 May 21

I didn't know about wild turkeys either until a few years ago.

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Belex Hanns Abel

@Belexhanns (3431)

• Kampala, Uganda

14 May 21

@lovebuglena ok

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@Loti24 (152)

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13 May 21

Oh...on Staten? Nonetheless, all over the world birds adore bread. I saw people throwing it out on balconies and gardens.

@lovebuglena (47210)

• Staten Island, New York

14 May 21

There is hospital in Staten Island and there are a lot of turkeys there roaming around and sitting on trees too.

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