Will this cracked egg hatch?

[easybeart]

I'm on day 3 of incubating quail eggs and just noticed one of the eggs is slightly cracked at the bottom! Can I still incubate this egg? What should I do?

 

[AltonaAcres]

I had a very similar and successful experience. Take the egg out of the incubator, candle it (if there isn't anything developing just toss it), light a candle, 30 seconds later blow out the candle, pour a few drops of the hot wax directly over the crack, let it dry and return to incubator. I had one like this (on day 3 as well) and it hatched! He is named mr. Wax. A frizzled Naked Neck. It all depends on whether the membrane is broken through. If it is, it will probably die, if not it will most likely hatch!

 

[easybeart]

Thank you for the help. Sadly I candled the egg and found out that the membrane was punctured and letting a lot of air bubbles in. When I broke the egg open, nothing was developing inside (no veins, no starting embryo).

Hope my other chickies make it out ok. Thanks again!

 

[AltonaAcres]

Bummer. Good thing nothing was developing. I hope you have a great hatch!