Will My Cracked Egg Still Hatch?

[WalnutHill]

It all depends upon sanitation. Seal them now and hope for the best. If any infection got in, they won't likely live.

 

[DogChickenDad]

I may have just screwed up. I had an egg with a crack in the end about day 17 but there was blood dripping down from the crack, we threw the egg out, I hope I didn't kill a chick.

We have had trouble this brood time with a hen pecking developing eggs (she is in solitary confinement now). I hpe this little hen stays broody for another 21 days to hatch the replacement egg.

 

[Dianne88]

Got my 24 barnyard mixed eggs in the mail today. One was totally smashed and one had a hairline crack from top to bottom. I almost threw it out and then remembered this thread. I put wax on it and placed it pointy end down to climatize. Cross your fingers!!

 

[Kimarie411]

My 3 y/o cracked our duck egg so bad it's dented but membrane in tact on day 20! Candled and it's alive. Put some wax on it. Fingers crossed.

 

[Dianne88]

I candled my cracked egg tonight and I do believe it's a quitter

But, I will leave it in the bator a few more days just to be sure. I will post more then.

 

[Kimarie411]

Mine is still going. We go into lockdown Friday

 

[Dianne88]

I just candled again and it looks ok, it must have just been a vein (I hope).

 

[Peach Mom]

I am so thankful for this forum! Candle wax for a cracked egg, who would have thought? I have 2 broodies that were still in their regular nest boxes and were both wanting to sit the same 5 eggs. When I saw them fighting for the mommy spot I split them up but it was too late, one of the eggs (on day 9) had a couple of good dents in it. As the membrane was intact I put wax on it. I moved the better broodie to a safe nursery crate tonight with fake eggs to get acclimated and left the real eggs under the other broodie for one more night. If all goes well I will swap them out tomorrow. I do hope the wax works and this little one makes it!

 

[Peach Mom]

I have good news and bad. This morning there was yet another hen, a non broody, in the nest laying her egg. My wax coated broken egg was totally broken now. Thankfully it ended up not being fertile after all. I have had no success candling my dark brown eggs! The valuable take away for me is to never again let a hen sit in the normal nest boxes in their hen house. I had plans all along to move her but needed to set up her new location and thought things would be ok for a week and a half at the beginning....not so. It is especially hard with a very broody breed like Marans that are all wanting to hatch those lovely eggs and trying to squeeze their way in!

 

[Dianne88]

I had to toss out my cracked egg, it developed a blood ring. This egg came to me cracked (shipped eggs) so I'm not sure how long it had been cracked before I was able to wax on it. It was worth a try!!