I'm trying Tegaderm on a cracked egg I'm incubating.

[TucsonAZ]

I have some eggs on day 6 and I noticed while candling today that one of them is cracked on the pointy end. I like long shots and since the egg seems fine so far I put one of these on it:

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/...I3TR643482000000_nid=XT63BW35LZbeB385P3RT67gl

I only put it on the cracked area and cut any left over off, I will keep you all posted on how this little one does.

 

[krcote]

Interesting! You may have good results if bacteria has not gotten in yet

 

[Mahonri]

Cool... maybe better than waxing a crack...

 

[MamaMarcy]

I personally am a fan of elmers glue

tegaderm is so hard to work with in general.


hope it works awesome for you!!

 

[krcote]

Got an update for us?

 

[TucsonAZ]

I just checked on the batch of 8 eggs (this one included) I set on the 31st and one of them just pipped in the past hour so I should know within the next 24 hours. This guy has developed fine and is right on schedule to hatch so I have my fingers crossed.

Also, a couple says ago I was setting eggs and had one empty slot with no egg to put in it. I remembered setting a badly cracked one on the counter the day before to cook with which got me to wondering. I grabbed the egg and candled it while I traced out the cracking (long and fractured in a few directions), I applied Tegaderm over it and trimmed all the excess. I am really curious as to just how far beyond gone you can bring an egg back from so I will keep you posted and add pictures when I have more of the details.

 

[yinepu]

for shipped eggs that are cracked i have started spritzing the crack with oxine.. letting it dry then applying candle wax (unscented).. the oxine seems to make a bit more of a difference in the hatch rates of the cracked ones...

 

[TucsonAZ]

Well, this little fellow just hatched without any issue. I will update with pictures when I get around to it.

 

[krcote]

Well, this little fellow just hatched without any issue. I will update with pictures when I get around to it.

Amazing! Get some some pics!