Can a duck embryo still grow if it suffers an external egg crack at day 7?

Hi all, I'm a bit late to this thread but I came across it when one of my duck eggs was badly cracked. It was cracked through the membrane and there was a fair bit of blood, I would say the embryo was around day 12. I basically gently applied Vaseline to the cracked area and kept it in a very sterile environment to avoid infection and it's just hatched! It's absolutely fine at the moment, so for future reference, hope that helps!
 
Hey there, yes the egg should be fine. Ive hatched my marans egg that was cracked and my last duck egg was really badly cracked and it survived to the hatching stage but pipped wrong end. I would hatch it. Now you can head off to work lol...:D
Hi! Should you hatch it if you don't know how old the egg is? Thanks
 

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