Is this egg a goner?

[Msmith11]

This is my very first time incubating, so bear with me lol. Today is day 21, and I accidentally moved the incubator and some of the eggs shifted. I repositioned the eggs and I saw this crack. I’m not sure if it had pipped on its own, or it rolled into another egg. I didn’t hit the incubator hard enough to cause this much damage though… long story short, I figured this egg was a goner, but I shined a flashlight on it through the lid and I saw it move slightly!! It seems to have cracked on the wrong end though. I don’t know if I should give up hope! Help!!!

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

This is my very first time incubating, so bear with me lol. Today is day 21, and I accidentally moved the incubator and some of the eggs shifted. I repositioned the eggs and I saw this crack. I’m not sure if it had pipped on its own, or it rolled into another egg. I didn’t hit the incubator hard enough to cause this much damage though… long story short, I figured this egg was a goner, but I shined a flashlight on it through the lid and I saw it move slightly!! It seems to have cracked on the wrong end though. I don’t know if I should give up hope! Help!!!

NO!!!! two things you should note:
1. the egg is cracked from the outside. you can tell by the fact that the crack looks like a dent or crater, not a volcano or spiderwebbed spike.
2. if the egg was alive before you broke it, and today is day 21, it should be alright. go to the search bar and look up "crushed/ cracked egg". I guarantee eggs more messed up than that have still produced a live bird, and you aren't the only one to accidently rattle the incubator.

good luck with your eggs

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

NO!!!! two things you should note:
1. the egg is cracked from the outside. you can tell by the fact that the crack looks like a dent or crater, not a volcano or spiderwebbed spike.
2. if the egg was alive before you broke it, and today is day 21, it should be alright. go to the search bar and look up "crushed/ cracked egg". I guarantee eggs more messed up than that have still produced a live bird, and you aren't the only one to accidently rattle the incubator.

good luck with your eggs

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/eggs-crushed.1644052/
*this should be a link to that old thread I mentioned.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

On day 21 no that should not cause issues.

 

[Blue is my chicken]

The egg has not pipped, as said above, it should be an outdent not an indent
Leave it be and hope for the best, their is no blood around the crack so that is good

 

[Msmith11]

NO!!!! two things you should note:
1. the egg is cracked from the outside. you can tell by the fact that the crack looks like a dent or crater, not a volcano or spiderwebbed spike.
2. if the egg was alive before you broke it, and today is day 21, it should be alright. go to the search bar and look up "crushed/ cracked egg". I guarantee eggs more messed up than that have still produced a live bird, and you aren't the only one to accidently rattle the incubator.

good luck with your eggs

Okay thank you so so much!! I candled the egg really quick and the chick is definitely alive, but hasn’t internally pipped yet. So I’m praying hard it’ll be okay! Thanks for the advice, I’ll look through the threads

 

[Ridgerunner]

First, relax. That is not a big deal.

You may already know a lot of this but I'll say it anyway. As a first timer, did you count the days right? A lot of people get that wrong and it still doesn't matter that much. An egg does not have a full day's worth of incubation the instant you put it in the incubator or under a hen. It takes 24 hours for it to get a day's worth of incubation so you say one when counting the days the day after you start them. That's not always intuitive. An easy way of checking your counting is the day of the week you started them is the day of the week the 21 days are up. If you start them on a Thursday then that is a Thursday.

Not all eggs hatch at exactly 21 days for various reasons. It is not that unusual for them to pip and hatch as much as a couple of days early or late. For example, mine tend to hatch a couple of days early under a broody hen or in my calibrated incubator. I think that is due to heredity, not that the incubation temperature is too high. One common reason they are either early or late is average incubation temperature but it is not the only one.

With that egg being cracked like that, extra moisture can escape. You should have raised your humidity inside the incubator for lockdown anyway, whether you are on Day 20 or Day 21. Make sure it stays high. You should be OK. And let us know what happens.

 

[Msmith11]

Update!! So I had my days completely mixed up and that was on day 19 lol. Mom brain I guess? But, yesterday the egg had actually pipped, and we woke up to healthy little baby walking around thanks everyone for your reassurance!

 

[Blue is my chicken]

Update!! So I had my days completely mixed up and that was on day 19 lol. Mom brain I guess? But, yesterday the egg had actually pipped, and we woke up to healthy little baby walking around thanks everyone for your reassurance! View attachment 4002423

Adorable baby