Muscovy duck in the fight against slugs
Muscovy duck in the fight against slugs
Maybe a bit odd looking, but the Muscovy duck is a good resource.
The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) can provide you with eggs to your breakfast and meat in your stew, but did you know it can also be a great help in pest control? The duck is in fact a great Spanish slug (Arion vulgaris) eater!
The problem
Some places in Norway are infested with Spanish slugs. The slug came to Norway from France where it is not particularly troublesome, neither in gardens or in agriculture. In Norway, it has few natural enemies and has therefore spread rapidly at the expense of many Norwegian gardens.
One farm has picked as many as 12 thousand slugs during one season!
The No.1 slug eater!
I took these photos while I was at a petting farm with my little family. And the handsom Muscovy duck certainly caught my eye.
Just look at that face! The face only a mother can love.
So forget about the usual aids like salt and scissors, a duck is what you need to get rid of those nasty slugs!
Photo from Pixabay. Spanish slug.
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Never knew they were this much carnivorous.
Do chicken eat the slugs too, or is Norway too cold to raise chicken outside?
The slugs eat mold.
Do they cause damage?
Ducks in general do eat slugs. Some only eat fish.
Chickens don't eat the big slugs, but they can eat the smaller ones before they grow big.
In Norway the chicken need a house, but they can bee outside all year long in some parts og the country. It's common to have the chickens in a house at night.
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The slugs eat everything, even excrement. And they do nothing but damege, they can also carry E.coli og Samonella.
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Good evening. :-) Well, my mother has large problems with the slugs too. They start in spring and you can find million babies in March and April. Such a duck would be the perfect solution and you're right, every day a nice cooked or fried egg. yum yum :-)
They are a real menace 😝 You should tip her about the ducks. Egges are the best breakfast indeed!
Amazing! Some of our Muscovy Ducks look almost the exact same!!!!
You have alot of animals 😄 fun to hear they look similar ☺ Have a great day and give your ducks extra goodies from me.