Mitigating crammed incubator

[fatcatx]

So... I’m locking down today on a set of eggs that I had really good luck with. Only a few infertile and one died about day 10. Picture shows incubator and

I’ve got to squeeze in one more. I am worried there will be some struggling to hatch since there is almost no extra room. I’ve done my best to tilt them slightly so cap might pop up instead of getting jammed against the egg next to it.
Am I worrying for nothing? I realize chicks hatch just fine crammed under a 5+ pound hen. But I’ve also watch chicks exhaust themselves trying to pop out after getting wedged in a corner of the incubator between eggs. Normally I’m down enough eggs I don’t have this issue. Thoughts?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Is that a Brinsea egg tray?

 

[fatcatx]

Yes it is.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

In that case I would say you are going to be fine with that many eggs in the incubator. I have an octagon advance and have really crammed in for hatching with no probs. I have on occasion opened up and quickly removed some dry chicks as needed but in general things have all been fine.

Good luck with your hatch

 

[Fayed]

Probably be fine, if it were me I'd just watch closely and snatch shells as they hatch and pull chicks as soon as is reasonable. Once a couple hatch and get moved out they should be fine.

 

[fatcatx]

Thank you! I figured I was over-fretting but feeling better about it now.