Successfully fixed a cracked egg!

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Successfully fixed a cracked egg!

Post by Lacybug » Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:13 pm

Hey there everyone, I just wanted to share this little story with you all. We had two little eggs in a nest that the parents were definitely incubating, so I took them out to candle. Sure enough there were two little growing babies inside, but unfortunately on one of the eggs I found a small crack. Knowing it probably wouldn't survive if I left it alone, I attempted a fix with elmers glue and tissue, and held my breath. Well guess what I found this morning? Two successfully hatched babies doing wonderfully! (And the fix happened many days ago.) I'm so excited that worked, and wanted to pass on the good news. :) Never give up on these little guys. <3
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Re: Successfully fixed a cracked egg!

Post by Sally » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:02 pm

Congrats! I love hearing this kind of success story. Crystal has a whole article on how to repair eggs at the Finch Information Center, but I've never tried it. It certainly paid off in your case.
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Re: Successfully fixed a cracked egg!

Post by lovezebs » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:42 pm

Lacybug

Wow, Elmers Glue, works wonders.... (didn't we all know that in Grade One?) CONGRATULATIONS!

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Re: Successfully fixed a cracked egg!

Post by debbie276 » Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:56 am

Nice fix!
Congratulations and best of luck =D>
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Re: Successfully fixed a cracked egg!

Post by Gráinne Barrett » Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:19 am

Well done! Congrats and best of luck! =D>
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Re: Successfully fixed a cracked egg!

Post by Colt » Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:37 am

Congratulations. I'd be so nervous to try fixing one. I'd be scared I'd break it worse. I've patched a chicken egg using clear nail polish and it hatched, but finch eggs are so much smaller.

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