Updated: just thought of another question- if a wild mallard duckling is made a pet and grows up, is flying something they learn themselves or must a real duck teach them that?
So, a few days ago I went to a pond across from my house where a couple of mallard ducks lived. When I got there, I found three eggs just laying there, exposed under a tree. They didn't appear to be in some kind of nest; they were just sitting between two roots of the tree. I left them there and...