Your very welcome. :) I am in no way an expert, far from it! LOL still very new to the whole duck thing myself. :wee This morning I just check both our wild Mallard hens out of curiosity and they BOTH still have their rear toes and toenails attached. :)
Realizing how much work and care that...
With the correct PERMIT you are within the Law to keep wild waterfowl.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2019-title50-vol9/xml/CFR-2019-title50-vol9-part21.xml
I am going to say that is the 100k question? If the call of nature is strong enough they will fly away. I like to think that our two little wild mallard hens we bought from a private breeder, are happy at home with their flock and will choose to stay because of all the awesome treats and great...