Can a cracked egg hatch?

[urbanagrarian]

I just noticed that an egg I've had in the incubator for a week is a little cracked at the pointy end. Is there any hope for it? Should I just toss it?

 

[picklespickles]

i'm a little cracked and i hatched, but i would toss it.

 

[picklespickles]

ps i have never incubated eggs. i just couldnt' resist making the joke.

 

[Poison Ivy]

I had one get cracked at two weeks under my broody. I just melted some crayon wax on it and it hatched a week later. Have you candled it yet?

 

[urbanagrarian]

OK I just candled it at day 12 and I saw the chick moving inside. I'm debating whether to try Elmer's glue or paraffin or nothing. Any more opinions?

I set 8 eggs 3 brown, 3 blue and 2 white. I only seem to be able to see inside the white ones. Of course the one WITHOUT the crack is not fertile. The one WITH the crack has a chick bouncing around inside

 

[Queen of the Lilliputians]

I've also read nail polish.. but never tried it.

Good luck!

 

[kstaven]

A little wax is your best bet.