Thank you for your support. It makes me feel a little better about this.
Some of the fault did rest with me because I did not have all the facts before posting this information online. I have contacted my friend and she has forgiven me for it. However it did take me quite a while to get over...
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I'm so sorry. I didn't know you were on this website either. Over time I'd just heard ducklings were hard to keep because my old librarian kept them and told us about how much hard work it was (although she did have a lot of them in a pond in her back yard). Then I thought about whether...
Thanks everyone. I think she has a creek or river near her place, and the duck just came up and laid the egg (which sounds strange)
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That's what I'm a bit worried about. Wild ducks might have different needs from domesticated ones.
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Thanks. That is helpful to know.
It started a month ago when my friend (we met in university and keep in contact through Facebook) found an egg on her porch and started incubating it. On her Facebook she reported its progress. A couple of days ago it hatched, and now she has a baby wood duck (named Basil).
Although she loves...