Help! Hole in egg, membrane still intact - How can I still incubate?

[afieldssnowyegger]

Hey everyone,

Just got my hatching eggs in the mail today...

one of them broke when unwrapping, there's now a pretty large hole on the egg, but the membrane is still there (pretty much a little portion of the shell peeled off)

So I really want to try hatching all of the eggs........ is there a way that I can save this one? Do I need to seal it up/cover it?

I just read in this article (https://www.muranochickenfarm.com/2013/11/how-to-save-broken-hatching-egg.html) that melting some wax can work????? (the article says it works better than tape & glue)

What should I do?

 

[Chickenwingwing]

maybe crack another egg
take a piece of the shell and patch it up
put some wax over it

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Wax will work fine. Just don't overdo it.

 

[afieldssnowyegger]

Thanks! You don't think using another egg shell would risk contaminating the egg?

 

[afieldssnowyegger]

Okay, did it! Day 5 in the incubator now, developing!!!!! I’m pretty surprised

pre-incubation with hole:

day 3:

Day 5:

Weirdly enough, of the 36 eggs I have in the incubators this one is actually showing the most development

Thanks everyone for the tips!