Try guineas, chickens, or muscovies if you want to cure a grasshopper problem. Geese won't do it.

Guineas won't destroy your garden - unless they scratch up seed beds while they sunbathe. Chickens and 'scovies may very well destroy a garden.

 

geese are vegetarian

 

Mine do not. I've only seen them eat veggies.

 

Muscovy ducks will eat grasshoppers and flies

 

Yes, muscovies eat lots of bugs, geese eat all your transplants in your garden
Linda

 

Geese will not.

You need guineas or scovies, like others have suggested.

 

Get turkeys. They love hoppers and are skywatchers so they are less likely to fall prey to an eagle.

 

Get turkeys. They love hoppers and are skywatchers so they are less likely to fall prey to an eagle.

the turkeys my family had would have been the first to get picked off!!! well before the chickens and ducks but hey maybe i just had a retarded batch

 

My geese chased them and crunched them but didn't swallow them. I think it was a I'm bord and want something to do thing but they did it all grass hopper season. The best ones for hunting grass hoppers were my minis. They were small fast and dedicated. Chickens also did well in the hunt. My geese watch for hawks so I can have my minis. My minis provide eggs and entertainment. They all kill grasshoppers - at least last year they did but they were spring chicks so that may change, I don't know.