I've had an accident

[newham0614]

When i was turning my eggs i accidently dropped one and it rolled into another. They are both lightly cracked but not leaking. Should i give them a chance? Or do you think they've had it?

 

[Emzyyy]

I've heard of people covering the cracks with wax?

 

[Gerbil]

It depends, how old are they?

 

[chickengrl]

You can try melted candle wax to seal it and put it back in a see what happens. Shouldn't hurt anything and it just might work. I just now read a thread from someone whose cat knocked it out of her hand and dented it and that chick hatched!! Pretty neat. She named it Humpty Dumpty! Good luck with yours.

 

[farmerlor]

You can cover it with wax, make sure it's not scented or colored but it will be just fine.

 

[maizey]

yes, seen the wax thing too... sealing the cracks with UNSCENTED melted, candle wax, lightly. Read one post I believe where someone put too much wax on and the chick made it until the end but then it couldnt get out with all the heavy wax on it and ended up loosing it after all. Never done it, only read about it.

 

[newham0614]

thanks for responding so quickly. I will try that . these eggs are only a day old so hoping they make it.

 

[justmeandtheflock]

I had one hatch that I cracked right before setting. I sealed it with unscented candle wax. If you don't seal them they will dry out too fast.

 

[enggass]

I also read somewhere of people using clear fingernail polish to seal cracks...???

 

[KatieBugg]

I had one hatch this afternoon that was BADLY cracked, big dent in the end with the air sack, I used a little tea light candle that was not scented and very lightly put wax on the eggs via dipping in a Q-tip into the melted wax.