Indian Runner ducks weigh between 3-5 pounds and reach ... The ducks are most often a light brown (fawn) and white color, but black, white, and chocolate brown are also common.

Indian Runner ducks excel at pest control. Do ducks eat bugs? Learn how to put your web-footed friends to work in your garden while keeping your plants safe. This article is also in audio form for ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A South African winemaker, Vergenoegd Low, has an army of more than 1,000 Indian runner ducks. They patrol the fields, eating snails to help control the pest ...

Indian Runner ducks assist as natural pest control amidst the grapevines at the Vergenoegd Löw Wine Estate. (Reuters pic) STELLENBOSCH (South Africa): Flocks of white, black and brown ducks hunt ...

Like racehorses jockeying for position, hundreds of Indian runner ducks hurry through a vineyard in South Africa. More than 500 of these birds live on the Vergenoegd Löw Wine Estate in Stellenbosch.

Vergenoegd Löw, one of South Africa’s oldest working farms, has expanded its contribution to sustainable agriculture by donating 25 Indian Runner ducks to various wine estates. This initiative ...

Around 500 Indian runner ducks work as a natural pest control at the Vergenoegd Lw Wine Estate, but also entertain wine-quaffing tourists. “We call them the soldiers of the vineyards,” the ...