Cracked Turkey Egg - and solution to fix it

[NCIndiaBlue]

Just thought this might be useful to my BYC friends.

I was in the process of moving 10 of my Turkey eggs from the incubator that they had been in for 25 days, to another incubator I had set up as a 'hatcher' incubator, with higher humidity... when I dropped one of the eggs and it fell hard onto my hardwood floors. I, of course, got really mad at myself for being so clumsy, but I remembered reading somewhere that you can use candle wax to cover the cracks and things could be ok.

So I found an unscented candle, lit it, then got the cracked egg and poured the warm/hot candle wax over the cracks... I thought.. what the heck, it can't hurt.

I woke up today and that egg hatched a very cute turkey! So the candle wax thing really works.

 

[austinhart123]

congrratulations, PICS?

 

[NCIndiaBlue]

Sure, once he's out of the incubator, I'll take some pics.. this is my first time hatching Turkey's.. they are really cute.. and big compared to the silkies that are hatching with them.

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[AllenJhon]

i have a 7 months old turkey, and this morning i saw an egg, but it was cracked. so i made a nest for her, and placed the cracked egg on the nest. but after several hours i saw her egg totally cracked, i was thinking if she's stepped on it or pecked it. what should i do to make her lay on her nest?. i need your help guys thanks!