Advice on Cracked Hatching Egg?

[mmccarthy781]

Hi everyone, so I got a shipment of hatching eggs in today, and right now I'm just letting them set overnight. However one of the eggs has a small cracked area on its larger side:
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Is this small enough that it won't affect the chicks development or should I try and seal it with wax? And would sealing the large side cover up too many pores in the shell? This is my first time hatching eggs so I'm just learning as I go. Oh and by the way, I'm hatching them with a broody hen rather than a incubator if that makes a difference.

Thanks!

 

[Bryam]

Umm yup that crack looks big enough to cause excessive moisture loss, which will I turn kill the developing embryo. You could try putting a bit of wax on it!

Best of luck!!

 

[loverofhatching]

would the wax not melt under hen ?
please keep me posted from your experience.
thanx