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Do your ducks lay in nest boxes? Mine always layed wherever they were standing lol. Many eggs in the pond!
Well since they haven't started laying....I am hoping they Do!! They don't have access to the pond...so, there won't be any 'Bobbing for Eggs'....LOL!!.....they will be 20wks old on Sunday...so could be any day now....trying to rush and get house Open asap to accomodate them....got my fingers Crossed though....ROTF!!!
 

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Big ducks! We had Indian Runner, Blue Swedish, Golden 300 crosses. My husband ended up being allergic to the eggs so they were essentially feeding the pigs lol.
 

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Big ducks! We had Indian Runner, Blue Swedish, Golden 300 crosses. My husband ended up being allergic to the eggs so they were essentially feeding the pigs lol.
...I have not had a duck egg so, not sure about being allergic, but the main reason we got them is for their 'Bug Eating' ability...LOL!!....they eat slugs and snails too!!....which are major carriers of the parasites that affect goats....neither of us have personal experience with ducks...so, we thought we'd give them a Try....haven't had that moment of wishing we Hadn't gotten them...they are very personable and Neat little things....Messy for sure, but I am a nature nut and have watched them for yrs while fishing...so I understood they are 'Water Fowl' from the beginning....LOL!!!....Comical too!!...I bet those Runners were a sight to Watch!!
 

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Yes but when the people who do the reassessment are from out of town and have no idea what they're talking about the numbers can be a little absurd. And I haven't confirmed that everyone's reassessments went up, it was a new company so they could have just hit some people more than others. I have to schedule a meeting. We have multiple smallish buildings on our property, my husband's work shed and our goat houses and chicken coops. They are all on skids, so they're movable and we can't be taxed on them. We have to make sure they didn't tax us on them anyway.

True. And yes, you need to make sure they didn't screw anything up. My 1 bad experience with reassessment started with an immediate denial of my claim even though the house next door had been built by the same man who lived in my house after he built it while building the second, both on 1/2 acre lots. Couldn't be easier to compare but their assessment was lower even though they had a fireplace (which the assessment claimed I had but they did not) and they had a 2 car garage, mine was 1.5 car. Other than those 2 items, the houses were identical. So a second "disagreement" had to be lodged even though I had pointed both of those things out in my first one and I had to waste my time going in to fight it. Once I pointed them out in person, instant "fix" and lowering of my assessment. I bet lunch that they deny EVERY initial disagreement without even looking at what was written because some large percentage of people will just give up then.
 

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Ducks are hilarious! And messy. I guess waterfowl are not my thing! But I did like them. They were smarter than my chickens and tough. They were also excellent mothers (too excellent, I ended up with a lot of ducklings until we got rid of our male)

I'm sure you will enjoy them. We just have way too many other things going on to deal with the ducks again!
 

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True. And yes, you need to make sure they didn't screw anything up. My 1 bad experience with reassessment started with an immediate denial of my claim even though the house next door had been built by the same man who lived in my house after he built it while building the second, both on 1/2 acre lots. Couldn't be easier to compare but their assessment was lower even though they had a fireplace (which the assessment claimed I had but they did not) and they had a 2 car garage, mine was 1.5 car. Other than those 2 items, the houses were identical. So a second "disagreement" had to be lodged even though I had pointed both of those things out in my first one and I had to waste my time going in to fight it. Once I pointed them out in person, instant "fix" and lowering of my assessment. I bet lunch that they deny EVERY initial disagreement without even looking at what was written because some large percentage of people will just give up then.
....well it is all gov't agencies that employ such 'Tactics'....but, it is the 'Liberal States' that have the 'Tax and Spend' philosophies that are the most Difficult to deal with...I know I should not say this....but, what most have known as a 'Great Free Nation'....no longer Exists....and will never be again....no matter 'Who' may be elected as 'Leader'...the 'Foundation' is crumbling and very few even care to Notice...if ya ain't preparing for the 'Fall'....then, ya are Behind the Times and the sudden 'Thud' will welcome All to the 'Reality' that it most certainly Has!!....just remember Romans 13:1-4....the 'Civil Leaders' are 'Appointed and Ordained' by YHWH for the 'Wicked and Evil'....so, with the 'Choices' that are available....ya would have to be Blind to not 'See' just where things are Headed!!
 

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Yeh...I understand that...for Sure!!....unless ya raise for meat or eggs...or both....not much sense in wasting 'Time' with something that just takes up 'Time' from something ya Have to do....y'all have your Share of demands there to make it 'Work' for ya....I'll be sure to post pics so ya can Enjoy from 'Afar'.....LOL!!!....and, btw, all your animals are certainly 'Well Kept'....so, I know your 'Time' is well Spent!!....really Scenic driveway too!!....ours will come in late Oct or during Nov....leaves 'Shedding' now is caused by Drought....colors come later....LOL!!
 

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Ha thanks I'll appreciate seeing other people's ducks that I don't have to take care of!

Not so scenic right now. We had three days of heavy rain and it's super windy today. Starting to look pretty bare around here!

Thanks I like to think my animals are "fat and happy"!
 
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