Incubating Washed & Refrigerated Eggs

[FoodFreedomNow]

The cracked egg is still plugging along. I saw a recommendation on here for painting the crack with liquid bandage, so I got some today and applied it (I've tried nail polish before without success). The crack is much more extensive than I originally thought, though, encompassing more than half the egg.



Just over a week to go until hatch...we'll see how it fares.

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

The cracked egg is still plugging along. I saw a recommendation on here for painting the crack with liquid bandage, so I got some today and applied it (I've tried nail polish before without success). The crack is much more extensive than I originally thought, though, encompassing more than half the egg.

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Just over a week to go until hatch...we'll see how it fares.

Ive never tried that, ive used beeswax and candle wax before and gotten some to hatch so yours has a chance!

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Ive never tried that, ive used beeswax and candle wax before and gotten some to hatch so yours has a chance!

Thanks - I really hope so! I saw the suggestion in a BYC thread but can't recall to whom the idea should be attributed...will update if I can find it again!

 

[aart]

I saw the suggestion in a BYC thread but can't recall to whom the idea should be attributed

Think liquid bandage is what @ChickenCanoe uses/recommends?

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Thanks, @aart - it was @ChickenCanoe's post that I had seen!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yeah, I've tried beeswax and nail polish. I never had any success with cracked eggs till I started using liquid skin/liquid bandage. I'm not sure if it is the antiseptic properties but that can't hurt.
I actually dropped an egg half way through incubation. At least 1/3 of the egg was covered in cracks. I thought if it developed, it may have trouble getting out. But it went from no pips in the evening to hatching overnight running around with the other chicks the next morning.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

I'm guessing every person who incubates fears that - the accidental drop. I know I do!

It's fantastic that the chick in the cracked egg hatched without issue. Hoping mine will, too, but the cracking is bad.

Many thanks for the liquid bandage tip!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I took candling pictures of the cracked up egg but I lost them when my last phone died.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

I took candling pictures of the cracked up egg but I lost them when my last phone died.

Bummer!! Truly one of the drawbacks of technology...

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

The eggs went into lockdown today. The damaged egg still seems to be plugging along and I'll know in 3-4 days if I have a Denty story with a happy ending to share, too.

#TeamDenty
@clintbwell @Ekck @ChickenCanoe