Is a hairline crack in a shell a death sentence?

[RiverMan420]

While candling my eggs this morning I noticed one of them had an almost undetectable hairline crack in the shell. Should I remove this egg? Or is there still a chance it will hatch...

 

[FireTigeris]

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there is a good chance, some have been taped or waxed together to be sure...

 

[cmom]

I had an egg that was cracked. I didn't notice it when I put it in the incubator and noticed it only after I had candled it, the egg had been in the incubator for several days and I saw the embryo in the egg moving. I just left the egg alone since it was a hairline crack and the membrane was intact. Come hatching day it hatched out fine.

 

[featherz]

I cracked a purchased egg right after putting in the bator. DOH. I put tape on it and it's developing nicely so far!

 

[ScissorChick]

Hi RiverMan420, Welcome to Back Yard Chickens!

It's usually recommended to remove eggs like this, because they have

trouble keeping humidity, AND usually end up with some sort of bacteria

sneaking in the egg. But you can put duct tape over the cracked erea, or

even melted candle wax, to help lower the risk of this. People can and

have hatched eggs like this, and your egg doesn't have a major crack,

so I think it has a great chance. Good luck!

 

[cmom]

Another post about a cracked egg hatching.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=524805