When a mama duck named Daisy laid nine eggs on a family's patio, everyone was excited. This was the fifth year in a row that the mallard had arrived to bring adorable little ducklings into the world. This year, though, things were different. The June weather was positively scorching at 106 degrees, and after seven of the eggs had hatched, Daisy knew she needed to get her new babies to the lake to cool down. The remaining two eggs remained intact, and the family assumed that there would be no more ducklings. But then, one of the eggs started to chirp.
The woman knew exactly what to do to help the little duckling get out of the egg safely. Tapping on the shell is something that mother birds do to encourage the baby to keep making its way out, but helping the duckling to remove the shell is actually a bad idea; the strength that baby birds use to escape their egg helps develop important muscles. In fact, the only time you should help a chick to remove the shell of their egg is in rare cases when there are twin birds inside, just like what happened in this miracle egg! Once the tired little duck was free, he took his first wobbly steps, and he'll soon be learning how to swim. I wonder if his reaction will be like these ducklings' when they saw water for the first time.
This amazing little guy proves that the miracle of life can happen when you least expect it. He was born against the odds and is now free to live the happy life of a lucky duck.
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