The most common venomous snake is the black viper. The tail is black and flattened into a vertical plane like a ship’s rudder. Also the moccasins swim very well and will drown a turkey as turkeys can't swim. It would take a snake larger than a 4 or 5 inch garder snake tough. The Brush Turkey'۪s mound is usually built in a shady, moist area and the leaf litter soon starts to rot down in these conditions. The heat generated by the rotting material in the turkeys mound is used to incubate the eggs. At the base of the neck there’s a frilly yellow bit (bigger and more noticeable in the male). There are around 45 species of snakes in Turkey, and of these around 10 are poisonous. I see them when checking on the turkeys. David It would take a snake larger than a 4 or 5 inch garder snake tough. Do Turkeys Kill Snakes? Well if we don't get any warnings about snakes (pythons are fine), we will leave the turkey to battle it out with Edgar; resident 6 foot+ goanna. Do wild turkeys kill rattlesnakes? Gilliey, I found this on a Qld site if it's any help to you? Each breeding season in Brisbane, brushturkeys spend many hours raking together mulch, twigs, and leaves to create huge mounds (up to 5 metres across). Maybe a fun summer. Be a Brush Turkey buddy. This story often circulates around the south, but in fact, turkeys will avoid these snakes. Thread starter nddaddy; ... First of all, chickens and turkeys will kill and eat little snakes, but water moccasins are very venomous and can easily kill any bird. Enjoy the great outdoors that God created. The survival of Brush Turkeys depends on the goodwill of people who are willing to share their backyards and local areas with them. We already have them up here. To some people they are the personification of evil and the merest glimpse and in extreme cases even the thought of them can cause panic, fear and a deep visceral loathing. Brush turkeys are the most ancient member of a family that dates back 30 million years and includes chickens, quails, peacocks and pheasants. Try to: Grow local native plants in your garden, as Brush Turkeys love to eat native fruits and seeds. Snakes are usually an unexpected, slithery surprise. Goannas do have a go at the eggs though but the turkeys don't make it easy for them. I don’t know if those birds are albinos or not. A constrictor might be a better choice to control turkeys, like the Fox snake. Brush Turkey at night might ask you to look at health issues and your personal ethics, especially diet-related. I see them when checking on the turkeys.