It always hurts to lose them. We lost over 25 this year (they had wild parents and it was out of our control) and only 7 survived out of the 4 broods. The worst part is this happens every year and those who do survive come back the next year and their own babies get stuck keep me updated on if...
I have 1 baby Mallard. Sadly 9 of his/her siblings passed before I got them and 1 more passed after (another mother duck snapped its neck because their mom was really small and it was her first brood so she didn’t know how to care for them good). We gave him a slipper to snuggle in (worked...