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]

[Edbear]

They obviously know where they are protected!

[nodrog:Me]

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









"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!




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

[FJRider]

Duck soup ....

[Teflon]

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


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


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 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.