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Originally Posted by anarch
We raised up a baby groundhog to near adulthood and then set her free when she was old enough to live on her own. Then a few months ago, my son brings home 2 duck eggs that he rescued when he found other kids throwing the eggs out into the middle of the pond. I didn't think there would be much we could do for them but we kept them warm and, much to my amazement, 2 days later, they hatched (I am still heartbroken about the eggs that got thrown into the water...how horrible!).
We kept them for a couple of weeks but eventually got a sanctuary to take them in, that was going to try and introduce them to the wild and, if this was impossible (ducks imprint on the first thing they see), they would give them a safe forever home.
That is so cool. My kids would love to see an egg hatch. We are planning on getting some chickens when we can afford to finish our fencing and build a barn. We bought 3 acres and a house about 8 months ago and it had no fence. I don't know if they will ever see one of our eggs hatch but I guess you never know. When I was a kid we had chickens and I never saw any hatch. Thanks for sharing.
We did save a baby raccoon when I was a kid. We nursed it and it grew then we let it go. We had a goat dislocate her leg once. My dad gave her some wine and put it back in. Crazy drunk goat. Her tongue was hanging out. It was funny. But she was just fine afterwards and lived a ripe old age.