Fertilized egg broke- is it worth saving?

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So we got some fertilized eggs from a friend so our broody hen can repopulate our flock. and today I tried to pull her out of the coop so we could candle and see what we have. Then, one of the eggs fell from her haunches and broke.
(Two of them were GLUED to her feathers. Is that even a thing!?)
And we tried to shine a flashlight on it and see if it was actually fertile. It's really dark in there, and definitely smells like egg...not sure if it's rotten egg but it smells like egg, for sure.

The rest of the eggs are basically opaque save for some who have a tip, almost like an air gap I would think?

Is it worth saving, or is it just a rotten egg? I wanna do all I can to save it.
 

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It's hard to see. What day are these on?

It appears the membrane is broken. If it's not at least due to hatch in the next day or two, it's going to be hopeless as bacteria has already gotten in there. It's a matter of time it will kill the chick and start rotting.
 
It's hard to see. What day are these on?

It appears the membrane is broken. If it's not at least due to hatch in the next day or two, it's going to be hopeless as bacteria has already gotten in there. It's a matter of time it will kill the chick and start rotting.
I got them on February 18th. The inside is like a dark green color.
 
Added one more picture to clarify.
Now I can see. That one looks full of fluid, and it should be solid, a chick.

If you candle the other ones, since they are due in two days, they should be nearly full of chick, and should move a bit when you candle them.
 

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