My eggs are chirping! but...will space be a problem?

[Stormimay]

I thought for sure this whole batch of eggs were goners because my two year old messed with the thermostat and at one point it got up to 113 and another dropped to 65. I moved them away from her reach and kept incubating...after all they had less than a week left I may as well give them a chance. They are due to hatch tomorrow and I hear chirping today!

And of course today is the first time it occurs to me: they have no room. My incubator (little giant still air no turner) is full of eggs, lying on the wire, most touching the others on all sides. Do they need to be able to roll some? Do the chicks need room to squirm out? If so...should I risk getting in there and spacing them some? That doesn't sound right. It's probably okay and I'm just freaking for no reason, but would someone please tell me so? I've hatched 10 guineas but with a lot less eggs, and these are my first chicks. Thank you!

 

[donrae]

I"m not familiar with that incubator but I'll ask just to keep the thread going...how many eggs do you have in there? Full size chicken eggs?

 

[Stormimay]

I have 48 full sized chicken eggs. Full sized being a little larger than the grocery store "large." Thank you!

 

[Dragons4u]

They should still hatch, but you will have a mess of egg shells and the hatchlings will be climbing all over the eggs.
For future reference, they suggest no more than 41 full size chicken eggs in that incubator. 48 should do ok, but to provide room, after one hatches you may want to pull out egg shells.
Be sure to do it quick and watch that your temp and humidity don't fall too much.

 

[Dragons4u]

Oh, and don't worry about them climbing over or rolling around the other eggs if you don't have much incubator experience. It is normal for them to do that even when they have plenty of room.