Just got 15 eggs in the mail to be put in my incubator tomorrow only thing is... one of them is very apparently cracked on the small end; The air sac is also very detached and so freely moving it would probably go all the way to the small end. Is it worth trying to save this lil eggie? If so, how is the best way you've found?
If it was JUST the crack, it might be possible to save it, but that's one large crack! But, with a detached air cell, I personally wouldn't even try. However, if you DO want to try, you can drip candle wax (unscented/undied - like the candles you use when there's a power failure) all along the crack.
My opinion; I would try to patch it with candle wax. Can't hurt to try. Also, shipped eggs with detached air cells have a better chance if incubated on their ends, not laying down (so the air cell is in the correct place- in the large end)
IDK I just had an egg that I cracked getting out of the coop and patched it with a small bandaid... It got to 14 days and then quit... I think it could not make enough veins to survive with the disruption to the egg... I would try if you have room for it in the bator... Good Luck.
I wouldn't bother with the crack alone let alone the loose air cell it's entirely up to you what you do with it though, I guess if you give it a try at least you'll know what will come of it, just check it after 7 days and if no development bin it.
If you have room for it give it a go. No loss if it doesn't grow. But if you bin it you lost it anyhow. You never know it may be ok. I just got a chick from a cracked egg 3 weeks ago and it is doing fine! And I didn;t know about candle wax! Though I had another egg with a crack and it just went bad and I got nothing. Your call but honestly while there is a small chance I would go for it! Oesdog If you don;t try you will never know????
Thank you everyone.. decided to give it at least a shot. If I don't see anything by day 7(?) will... bin it. And ooh wax will try that right now - to see what happens.
Believe it or not, I had one cracked just like that in the set of eggs I have in the incubator right now. I put wax on it when it first happened. On day 18 the cracked egg is developing right along with the others. Its only day 20, so it hasn't hatched, but I am hopeful
