I am new to all of this so, I may have posted this in the wrong spot. I would appreciate any feedback. We have a large yard and every Spring a Mallard couple flies in and parks it. Either in our pool or pond. Well, my grandaughter found an egg by itself in the grass. The parents ignored it, so we put it in an incubator.(We were already trying to hatch chicks). Well to our suprise, I opened the incubator to check on the last chick that has some problems and there was a duck staring me in the face! They both have bonded! I have nurtured the chick when everyone told me it would die and am very attached. And the duck is attached to the chick. So.. this is my dilema. What can I do with them. I would like to see if the parents would take to the duckling when it is old enough to go out. We live in a suburb of Chicago, so it gets very cold. I do not want these birds to end up as someones dinner or sport. Any suggestions? :scribe: