Cracked fertile egg

[meggsNbacon]

Hi, I was trying to move my broody hen off of her eggs because she stole some I didn't want to hatch. In the process, she knocked one out of the nesting box, and just the shell cracked.

The eggs are just a few days away from hatching, and I want to save the egg if possible, but I don't know how. I'm worried if I put it back under mama hen that she'll accidentally puncture it. (There's about a quarter size piece of shell missing.)

I don't have an incubator unfortunately.

 

[nuthatched]

can you patch it with another egg shell and some nail polish?

 

[meggsNbacon]

can you patch it with another egg shell and some nail polish?

Ohhh, I'll try. I actually got a double yolker today that should be big enough to cap it.

 

[MommaHen1996]

I wouldn’t use nail polish o.o
But I’d use the wax method CAREFULLY.
YouTube saving cracked egg with candle wax.
delicate procedure