Accidentally dropped egg on incubation day 16. Badly cracked.

[Leo.76]

Hello all. This is my first time incubating eggs.

So, this morning while moving the eggs to put in water in the water channel, an egg accidentally slipped from my hand and fell. Badly cracked, membrane fully exposed, bleeding wouldnt stop. I almost cried. As I had no idea what to do, with a broken and heavy heart had to discard the poor fella.
For future reference, is there a way to save a broken egg?

 

[staceyj]

Welcome to BYC,
Oh gosh, I’m so sad for you!
Accidents happen though. Almost every day there’s a new thread about a dropped hatching egg on BYC.
In the future, you can seal a broken egg with melted candle wax dripped onto the egg and smoothed into the cracks with your fingertip.

 

[Leo.76]

Welcome to BYC,
Oh gosh, I’m so sad for you!
Accidents happen though. Almost every day there’s a new thread about a dropped hatching egg on BYC.
In the future, you can seal a broken egg with melted candle wax dripped onto the egg and smoothed into the cracks with your fingertip.

Thank you so much!! Im really sad and heartbroken about it, but I'll be more careful in the future. What about if say part of the shell of the egg completely broke off into small pieces? What can be done then?

 

[staceyj]

That’s a good question!
I’ve known people who’ve actually used tape to carefully cover the hole in the absence of a piece of shell.

 

[Leo.76]

That’s a good question!
I’ve known people who’ve actually used tape to carefully cover the hole in the absence of a piece of shell.

Oh ok. What about the bleeding? How or what do I do?

 

[staceyj]

podting this thread.
*Read post #2

I hope it helps answer your question and prepares you for next time.

This site is like a lending library of knowledge.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/cracked-open-egg-to-early-please-help.798928/#post-11531704

 

[LilyVictoria]

Hello all. This is my first time incubating eggs.

So, this morning while moving the eggs to put in water in the water channel, an egg accidentally slipped from my hand and fell. Badly cracked, membrane fully exposed, bleeding wouldnt stop. I almost cried. As I had no idea what to do, with a broken and heavy heart had to discard the poor fella.
For future reference, is there a way to save a broken egg?

I think you can use the melted candle wax to fix that broken egg. Even though there are many other ways to fix it I think this is the one that is used most often.