Update. I've been acting as a kind of guardian angel for days now..
Initially the night that I took him inside my home he was very weak and not able to balance and his eyes were closed and he seemed a little premature. The next morning he looked amazing, he improved so much, eyes wide open and...
Thank you for the responses. I'm planning on putting it back under momma for sure. I didn't put it back in its nest today because she picked a spot surrounded by thorny rose bushes and she was very very angry when I came close and I'd need to maneuver quite well to get in.. I thought of scaring...
I have a wild duck that has been sitting on her eggs outside my home for about a month.
Today when I came home from work I noticed that the eggs had hatched but there was one lone duckling lying on its side about a foot away from the roost.
It was chirping, trying to get up and clearly in...