Broody hen sitting on cracked egg

[Farmgirl1000]

My broody hen is sitting on a egg with a slight crack in it. I noticed it yesterday. Should I try to take it from underneath her or leave it be?
She has been only sitting on the nest 11 days now, so its not a chick hatching. I've heard you can seal it with nail polish or wax ......should I go ahead and try that or do you think it will hatch fine by itself?


Thanks everyone for any advice!!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Unless it is a valuable egg (ie these were shipped eggs or something), I would take it out and discard it or incubate it in an incubator (seal the crack) ... if she breaks it in the nest there is going to be a big mess and she would compromise the rest of the eggs.