When should i remove tape from broken egg?

[Jay262]

I recently received some eggs and one was cracked so I sealed the crack with a bandaid and it has developed fine. Today is lockdown I need to know quickly if I should remove it now or leave it and help the egg hatch on hatch day?

 

[sumi]

It depends on where the crack and tape is and how severe the damage is. If it is over the area just below the fat end of the egg where the chick needs to pip and zip the shell, you will need to remove it. If it's closer to the pointy end of the egg and well away from where the chick needs to zip the shell, I'd leave it where it is for now. How badly was the shell cracked?

 

[Jay262]

Hmm it was about a inch crack or so long and I cant get the bandaid removed its stuck to tight and its in the zip area im gonna have to hope it can pip and try helping it on hatch day I guess.