A Small Miracle

My daughter L was at her boyfriend's cottage recently and apparently a neighbour brought over this (duck) egg that had fallen from its nest. L decided to try to help it hatch. They put it in an open box and she put it near a lamp to keep it warm. She figured that in a nest, it would be able to turn more easily than in a flat box, so she decided to help it turn and when she did that, the bird was able to gather enough strength and its beak was able to break through as pictured:

L saw that the bird was cold and decided to breath on it a few times to keep it warm. Over the next 12 hours (a very slow process) she observed it and tried to help it along, using tweezers to ease little bits of shell off when she sensed the bird was exhausted and couldn't push anymore. She had to be careful not to overdo this as it still needed its embryo for nutrients until it did most of the breaking through by itself. When it finally emerged L described it as a small miracle as it unfolded completely out of its shell. It wasn't much to look at by this point, but by the next morning, it had transformed into this:

They think it is a Merganser Duck as opposed to a Mallard. Apparently these ducks will leave the nest in about 2 days and go off on their own.  So far, this duck has become attached to L's boyfriend's mom and has  not yet gone off on its own.