Dropped and cracked an egg while candling

[AmyLang]

ok. Entering Day 21 here in a few hours. Fingers crossed. I will be happy if I get at LEAST one hatch from this bunch...I would love to see 5 or 6, but I'm thinking that it might be wishful thinking.

 

[gingerly1983]

fingers are crossed for you!!!

 

[ChucktheChick]

Same happened to me, only I'm on day3. I feel like a total idiot. I tried the candle wax thing to see hoe it goes.

 

[AmyLang]

update...2 have pipped. one right on the hour for day 21 to be complete. The other sometime between 5 and 6 AM. I "think" that I saw signs of movement in the cracked egg again last night...but time will tell. This lockdown and hatch process is stressful!

 

[AmyLang]

1st one hatched! (sorry, I feel like I have hijacked this thread now...)

 

[aart]

1st one hatched! (sorry, I feel like I have hijacked this thread now...)

You didn't hijack the thread...it's YOUR thread

How's the cracked egg doing?
Probably too late now, but I wonder of draping a damp paper towel over the cracked egg would have helped?

 

[skullybones]

Waiting to hear of see if cracked baby made it...

 

[fedorovsgirl]

Anxiously waiting to hear also! Fingers crossed!!

 

[AmyLang]

Second has hatched, and the CRACKED egg has pipped!!! It has pipped the wrong end, though, so we shall see. It moves around a bit, and I "think" I heard it chirp! I have it laying right next to a towel. Humidity is 65-66. I did do a no-no and took the two that hatched out (one I decided to cut the cord so to speak as it was dragging it's shell around - clear stringy...and they were really moving the others around, which was fine for me aside from the cracked egg concern). IF the cracked one hatches, I really hope it is a girl, because it will become my pet, and I will be getting rid of the roos... This is so exciting and fun, but I DO lack patience! I'm also wondering if one side of the incubator runs warmer, as some eggs have seemed a bit behind at last candle. Those are jumping a bit today like the ones that hatched did the 24 hours before pip. I'm just so thrilled that any have made it!

 

[AmyLang]

Also...it seems that the cracked egg is shell cracked only...membranes seem to be in tact? Just looking through the cracks, that have gotten bigger lately