Help! Yellow Jackets

[WindingRoad]

I was getting ready to paint coop. Moved a heavy tub of marigolds and got stung by Yellow Jackets. I think they are yellow jackets because "nest" was under pot on the ground. About 5 stings. Will get some wasp spray today. Will these yellow attack and sting my birds. Right now they are outside of the coop and run.

 

[Gordonfg]

I was getting ready to paint coop. Moved a heavy tub of marigolds and got stung by Yellow Jackets. I think they are yellow jackets because "nest" was under pot on the ground. About 5 stings. Will get some wasp spray today. Will these yellow attack and sting my birds. Right now they are outside of the coop and run.

I have seen my amauricana hens peck them up and eat them, I throw compost including fruit scraps into the pen which naturally attracts wasps and flies, the hens consider them tasty treats, they sometimes even peck them right out of the air

 

[WindingRoad]

I have seen my amauricana hens peck them up and eat them, I throw compost including fruit scraps into the pen which naturally attracts wasps and flies, the hens consider them tasty treats, they sometimes even peck them right out of the air

Thanks. I've been surfing Google and wd40 seems to work but not sure how close I can get.

 

[3KillerBs]

My DS#3 found a yellowjacket nest the other day -- by sticking a shovel straight into it!

Use good quality wasp spray of the kind that squirts in a powerful, tight stream. And keep your chickens, other pets, and kids away from the area for a good long time because that stuff is VICIOUSLY toxic.

When I was young my Dad would take out yellowjacket nests in the lawn by pouring gasoline down the hole and throwing a match.

 

[Mmanist]

My DS#3 found a yellowjacket nest the other day -- by sticking a shovel straight into it!

Use good quality wasp spray of the kind that squirts in a powerful, tight stream. And keep your chickens, other pets, and kids away from the area for a good long time because that stuff is VICIOUSLY toxic.

When I was young my Dad would take out yellowjacket nests in the lawn by pouring gasoline down the hole and throwing a match.

I'm severely allergic to bees and wasp. So when I stumbled on a huge ground nest with multiple entrance. I had the hubby dump about 3 gallons of gas and torch them down!

 

[Mvan42]

Poor some gas in the hole at night and light them up.. the way we always get rid of them.

 

[3KillerBs]

Just beware of fire danger if you go with the gasoline.

We couldn't do that in our situation, the nest was on a hillside where we'd had stumps ground and there had been very little rain.

 

[aart]

my Dad would take out yellowjacket nests in the lawn by pouring gasoline down the hole and throwing a match.

Have done that a few times......when they weren't close to the house or deck.

Best time to dose a ground nest is just before dawn when it's the coolest.

 

[cmom]

I have seen my amauricana hens peck them up and eat them, I throw compost including fruit scraps into the pen which naturally attracts wasps and flies, the hens consider them tasty treats, they sometimes even peck them right out of the air

I noticed you have been a BYC member for a few months but this is your first post, .

 

[Al Gerhart]

You don't need to use fire if you use just gasoline. It will knock down wasps and yellow jackets instantly, they will hit the ground and die in a few seconds. It kills the pupa too, some will struggle and try to emerge but within ten seconds they are dead.