So the poor little duckling that I foolishly tried to help yesterday managed to survive the night. I took a quick peek under Momma Duck and he was actually sitting upright, though still the tiniest, weakest looking new duckling I've seen. I'm assuming that she won't be trying to take him for food or water until at least tomorrow (and I really don't think there is any chance any of the other eggs will hatch), but I know they seem to grow stronger without sustenance the first 48 hours -- so I'm just going to check on him again this afternoon and hope he's really going to make it. I really did cause significant bleeding when I tried to open up the membrane around his beak a bit, which can't be helping his start in life. If all continues to go okay, I'll try to post a pic of my little survivor in a few days. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed
