More ducklings

[Ladydragon]

Woke up this morning and there were 11 ducklings on my lawn there has been another duck sitting on the other ducks nest for ages she laid 7 eggs and covered the eggs but then another duch came and layed some eggs on those eggs the ducklings hatched today and boy my cats are looking at them but the mum duck goes to bite them.

[imdying]

No trouble, hockey stick is what you need. Can park it against them and flick them away, or a big follow through swing, as per your mood.

[sil3nt]

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[Edbear]

They obviously know where they are protected! :laugh:

[nodrog]

What you need to do is, dig 11 little holes in the lawn, bury them up to the heads (take care to be gentle, they are quite delicate when they are young), then mow the lawns. Warning if you are not using a catcher, it is advisable to wear knee high gumboots.

[Stirts]

What you need to do is, dig 11 little holes in the lawn, bury them up to the heads (take care to be gentle, they are quite delicate when they are young), then mow the lawns. Warning if you are not using a catcher, it is advisable to wear knee high gumboots.

My god that is farking horrific :nono:









"Preheat the oven to 170ºC/325ºF/gas 3. Rub a nice duck with loads of salt, inside and out. Dust the bird all over with five-spice and, if you've got any, grate some fresh ginger and rub it round the cavity, leaving the ginger inside to flavour. Place the duck in a roasting tray and put it in the oven. All you need to do is check on it every so often and spoon away the excess fat that has rendered out of the duck. This will make the skin go wonderfully crispy. Generally, after a couple of hours it will be perfect – the leg meat will pull off the bone and the skin will be wonderfully crisp. You don't always need to, but I sometimes turn the heat up to 200ºC/400ºF/gas 6 for a short while until it's really crispy.

While this beautiful bird is cooking, you can make your plum sauce. Chuck 10 or 12 destoned plums into a pan with 5 tablespoons of sugar, a couple of pinches of five-spice, a couple of tablespoons of soy sauce, half a teaspoon of chilli powder and a splash of water. Bring to the boil, then simmer until you get a nice shiny pulp. You can remove the plum skins if you want to, but I usually leave them in. Sometimes I add a little grated orange zest, as this goes well with duck. Put the sauce to one side to cool before serving it, and taste to check the seasoning.

As for the spring onions and cucumber, that's straightforward. Finely slice them. I strongly advise buying pre-made pancakes which you can place in a steamer or microwave and slowly steam until nice and hot. The bamboo steamers are only a few quid from Chinese supermarkets, so it's worth getting hold of some and they're great to serve at the table.

Once the duck has cooled a little bit, use two forks to shred all the meat off the carcass. I remember the Chinese lady at the restaurant in Sawbridgeworth doing this. You can do the same, putting all the meat with its crispy skin on to a serving plate. Take a pancake, place some duck, a bit of spring onion, a little cucumber and a dollop of plum sauce on to it, then roll it up – lovely"

• from Jamie's Dinners

[imdying]

What you need to do is, dig 11 little holes in the lawn, bury them up to the heads (take care to be gentle, they are quite delicate when they are young), then mow the lawns. Warning if you are not using a catcher, it is advisable to wear knee high gumboots.Doesn't work with a motor mower, the wash just blows them away.

[Winston001]

You evil bastards! :Oi:




Lovely little ducklings, they need to be nurtured and cherished. For the moment. Seen the price of cat food lately....? :eek: Wait until they put on a bit of weight then puss can get some exercise and a decent nosh. Everybody wins.

[FJRider]

Duck soup .... :banana:

[Teflon]

It's very refreshing to read something so positive in this section :sunny:


I hope the ducklings are well. And please keep us up to date on how they're doing!

[pete376403]

What you need to do is, dig 11 little holes in the lawn, bury them up to the heads (take care to be gentle, they are quite delicate when they are young), then mow the lawns. Warning if you are not using a catcher, it is advisable to wear knee high gumboots.
Recalls that scene in the movie "Caligula"

NSFW - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxm3Z7s5ZI

[Oakie]

What you need to do is, dig 11 little holes in the lawn, bury them up to the heads (take care to be gentle, they are quite delicate when they are young), then mow the lawns. Warning if you are not using a catcher, it is advisable to wear knee high gumboots.

Ooh. Forget the lawnmower. Golf clubs!

[Ladydragon]

It's very refreshing to read something so positive in this section :sunny:


I hope the ducklings are well. And please keep us up to date on how they're doing!


I got two pictures of them one of them I went a bit to close and mum duck wasn't to happy she was hissying at me and ready to bite.I've put an old slice baking tray out there on the lawn and filled it up with water should of seen it there were 8 little 2 day fluffy ducklings swiming in it.Its so funny there's that many ducklings when she goes to sit down and the go under her the ducklings can't all fit cause there's 11

[Teflon]

I got two pictures of them one of them I went a bit to close and mum duck wasn't to happy she was hissying at me and ready to bite.I've put an old slice baking tray out there on the lawn and filled it up with water should of seen it there were 8 little 2 day fluffy ducklings swiming in it.Its so funny there's that many ducklings when she goes to sit down and the go under her the ducklings can't all fit cause there's 11

Surely nature at it's finest!

Eleven ducklings :shit: Poor mother duck, she sure has her work cut out for...

[Blackshear]

Funny you should say that, just saw a couple more sprogs outside when I got home. Slow and steady or something like that.

[Ladydragon]

I actually thought mating season was over but it looks like its not the thing I cant understand is this purple tipped wing duck used the blue tipped wing ducks nest to lay her eggs.Yes she sure has got her hands full when she waks off all the ducklings follower her but shes very protective this duck she actually always looks back to check and sort of pushed the ducklings close with her beck.

But when mum duck has the ducklings under her some of them are sitty on the side close to her but shes always keeping them close with her beck.

They are not here at the moment I saw them walking down the drive heading for a swim in the big swimming pool down the back in the retirement appartments.

[Teflon]

Are the ducklings well?


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Very cute!

[Ladydragon]

Are the ducklings well?


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Very cute!

Yes the ducklings are well last time I saw them they are still with mum duck all 11 which is really cool what a good mum she is.I've got those pictures to post but I just have to figure out how to do it again.Mum duck and her ducklings still waddle down to the big swiming pool down the drive.

[Ladydragon]

Are the ducklings well?


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Very cute!


That duckling must not have a mum duck because if it did and you touched her ducklings she would reget looking after them it's like you can't go near her nest when shes on it or the eggs are there you can't touch anything..

[mashman]

We had a couple of bloke duck and a gal cruising our front garden a few weeks ago for 4 or 5 days... I didn't realise that they ate snails. The girls were awwwwwwwing at the winda. He didn't eat. Not sure if he didn't like snails or was just keeping an eye on his missus

[Ladydragon]

Not to sure about the snails but I do know the ducklings eat worms when they are young I have seen them do it.
I have some bad news (little bit up setting) Mum duck came back yesterday with 3 of her ducklings missing the boy next door (disharn) and I had not seen her for a few days she looked everywhere for them.

Poor mum duck arrived and all she did was walk around the whole lawn everywhere and by her nest where she layed her eggs she was quaking out so loud it was so obveous she was looking for her 3 lost ducklings it was quite up setting to see.She was also really hungry so we gave her a huge feed.I spose she did pretty well in a way having 11 ducklings and only loosing 3 they were only 3 days when she dissapaired down the back and we only saw her now and then.

She was actually being tht prtective of the other ducklings at the time of walking around looking for the ones that she had lost she went to bite my nextdoor neoughbour and he wasn't even standing close.

[imdying]

Maybe for the best? Can a mother duck actually raise 11 at once? I've always figured they had a big brood because predators would likely as not whack the majority.

[Ladydragon]

Maybe for the best? Can a mother duck actually raise 11 at once? I've always figured they had a big brood because predators would likely as not whack the majority.

Remember I explained before all of those ducklings weren't hers she layed the ones in the bottom of the nest and then covered them with a thick layer of feathers to keep them warm she wasn't there all the time.Then the duck that first made that nest the other duck layed her eggs in.The second duck came along and layed her eggs on top of the other eggs.The blue wing tipped duck layed 5 and the other duck layed the other eggs.

The duck that had all the 11 ducklings here has none now she came around again yesterday the boy next door saw both female ducks at school but with different ducklings they both different coloured ones the 11 ducklings were different coloured.One duck had 5 and the other had the rest but now the duck has lost all her ducklings should of seen her looking in the nest for her lost ducklings quaking out so loud.Funny thing the boy next door saw her at school with no ducklings and she was with the other duck who had hers she was so shitty with the purple tipped duck Disharn recons she must of been thinking you have stolen my ducklings give me them back!!!!

But apprantly the duck is really fat again but the nest is getting throwen out tomorrow we think its the best.