There害羞草研究所檚 a well-documented business rule that suggests you should never hire your friends as employees.

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Courtenay entrepreneur Cameron Ezzy has started his own pest control business, with some rather quacky employees: his pet ducks.

Slugs n害羞草研究所� Bugs For Lunch is a new pest control business in the Comox Valley, and the employees have quite an appetite for their work.

Ezzy said the transition from duck owner to business owner came about naturally, and nearly instantly.

害羞草研究所淢y landlady said I could get ducks so I got the ducks,害羞草研究所� he explained. 害羞草研究所淚 knew there was a slug problem in the area that I lived, and I my landlady was the one who said 害羞草研究所榶ou know, ducks are really good at eating slugs害羞草研究所� and that was it. So I didn害羞草研究所檛 buy the ducks specifically for the business, but once I saw this, the business idea came to me immediately.害羞草研究所�

Ezzy brings the ducks to a residence, and from there, his fine-feathered employees do the rest.

He currently has four employees - Rosie, Aretha Franklin, Willow, and Jaco the lone drake (named after legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius), - and is hopeful some offspring will add to his empire in time.

害羞草研究所淚 am looking to build my flock up to a dozen,害羞草研究所� he said. 害羞草研究所淩osie 害羞草研究所� who is named after my mom 害羞草研究所� has been laying eggs and I haven害羞草研究所檛 been touching them, so I am hoping she is going to sit on those eggs very shortly, and hatch them.害羞草研究所�

Ezzy said although he has had his ducks for nearly a year, he害羞草研究所檚 still learning the ins and outs of being a 害羞草研究所渄uck master.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淚 am a first-time duck owner, so I am learning as I go. I am not an authority on the industry. But I do know one thing; this makes people smile, and that the most satisfying thing,害羞草研究所� he said. 害羞草研究所淭he environmental part of it - pest control without chemicals - is really good, but the best part of it is how you feel and how you smile by just watching the ducks. It害羞草研究所檚 all about them.

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His Facebook page is Slugnsnbugs For Lunch and he can also be found on Instagram at @slugsnbugscanada

terry.farrell@blackpress.ca
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