do ducks eat wasps?

[Motherhenandflock]

I read that ducks eat flys. I have tons of wasps and hornets, yucky stingy things. Do ducks eat them? Or maybe some other poultry?

 

[joannamarie]

i have seen my chickens try to catch flys its really funny dont know whether they have ever got any.
i have seen them eat spiders and snails

 

[Chickenlover88]

They might eat a wasp once. Then they learn their lesson. I watched one of my ducklings catch a hornet and try to eat it but it stung her inside the mouth and she quickly spit it out.

 

[George in NH]

I watched a bumble bee flying around my baby ducks, the ducks ran and screamed like little girls LOL Can't blame the ducks though, the bee was almost as big as they were.

 

[DuckDanasty]

I have 2 drakes that will eat wasps all the time. One is khaki campbell the other is saxony. The other 7 will eat them if they come close to them but are not at all as intent on eating every wasp that they can chase down.

 

[JadeComputerGal]

I read that ducks eat flys. I have tons of wasps and hornets, yucky stingy things. Do ducks eat them? Or maybe some other poultry?

Ducks aren't natural predators of stinging flying insects. I don't think any poultry are. Mine snap at them, but they snap at everything that flies around their heads. I don't think they've ever caught one.

The best way to get rid of things like that is to eliminate the nests. I get rid of the bothersome ones near the house and leave the rest alone. As annoying as wasps are, they're actually beneficial insects because they control other damaging insects.

 

[TheDuckGuy]

They might eat a wasp once. Then they learn their lesson. I watched one of my ducklings catch a hornet and try to eat it but it stung her inside the mouth and she quickly spit it out.

My duck just ate a wasp but it was dead

 

[DukesDucks]

You should check out the thread - The one pest I didn't prepare for. We have been discussing wasps and suggestions for dealing with them.