OMG! I think i killed all my ducks! HELP!

[WannaBeHillBilly]

It's not an allergy, no, not in multiples. Besides, the people who are allergic to grasshoppers are mostly the ones who are allergic to shellfish- the exoskeletons are the same material.
Grasshoppers often have tapeworms, though, so uncooked ones aren't good food for anyone.
What kind of grasshopper? Can you catch a couple? Lubber grasshoppers in particular are poisonous. That's my bet, is either that the grasshoppers themselves are poisonous, or that their guts were full of a plant toxic to ducks. I can't imagine that eating too fast would make that many ducks that sick.

It wasn't too easy to take a picture of these hoppers, you can catch them easy, but they hop out of my net faster than I can snatch a picture, but I got one

No clue what kind that is.

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

Ducks can be sick? I have emetophobia, I’m never getting ducks!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Glad everyone is ok.
Mine eat these all the time with no problem. Not that many at once though.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Ducks can be sick? I have emetophobia, I’m never getting ducks!

Literally all types of poultry can get "sick"... not exclusive to just ducks.

 

[Fishkeeper]

Well, it's not a lubber, those babies are black.
What plants grow in the field? Anything toxic to ducks?

Most animals can throw up. The exceptions are rabbits, horses, cows, and possibly a couple of others.

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

Literally all types of poultry can get "sick"... not exclusive to just ducks.

Even chickens?

 

[HuffleClaw]

Even chickens?

Yes, even chickens

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

Yes, even chickens

I suddenly love my chickens a little less right now

 

[Fishkeeper]

If it's any help, they're not exactly likely to throw up, especially not if properly fed.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Vomiting can be a life-saving reflex. It certainly saved these ducks; without it they likely would have gorged themselves to death. Too much of a good thing and all that.