OMG! Help!!

[lesjsmith]

I was candling my day 14 egg and dropped the egg. There is a huge indent and a crack with a little blood. Is there any hope, or have I killed my baby chickie? I am so upset.

 

[sourland]

Try melting some wax and sealing the crack. The egg may or may not still be viable.

 

[Kiraeh]

Oh no! With just a crack you can often patch it with wax or nail polish for a small crack, I just hatched a chick that I cracked on day one and patched with beeswax.
The blood is more worrisome. I would still try wax, the heat may help it avoid becoming infected and hopefully will prevent more bleeding.

 

[lesjsmith]

Oh no! With just a crack you can often patch it with wax or nail polish for a small crack, I just hatched a chick that I cracked on day one and patched with beeswax.
The blood is more worrisome. I would still try wax, the heat may help it avoid becoming infected and hopefully will prevent more bleeding.

I am trying the wax. I hope it works. Thank you for the suggestion.

 

[lesjsmith]

Try melting some wax and sealing the crack. The egg may or may not still be viable.

I did that and hopefully it will survive. Thank you for the response. So upset.

 

[sourland]

Good luck. It's an accident that has happened to almost all of us.

 

[lesjsmith]

Good luck. It's an accident that has happened to almost all of us.

Thank you.

 

[lesjsmith]

I was candling my day 14 egg and dropped the egg. There is a huge indent and a crack with a little blood. Is there any hope, or have I killed my baby chickie? I am so upset.

We are at day 19 and have moved them to the Hatcher. I see movement from my cracked egg! So here is hoping I have 4 healthy chicks.

 

[Kiraeh]

Yeah that's great! Fingers crossed for your nuggets.

 

[Rakaiachick]

How did your hatch go? Did your cracked egg hatch OK?