Remove the partitions during lockdown or nah?

[Taranakian]

We've got the Brinsea Eco something something 20. The hexagonal one that rocks on a separate cradle. I've got a batch of eggs due to go into lockdown in a couple of days. When they go into lockdown, do I remove the partitions between the rows of eggs that are keeping them upright and leave them all wild and free or nah?

We've had pretty poor results out of incubating so far, undoubtedly directly related to my cavalier attitude to it all, and I'm trying to approach this batch as less art more science...

Thanks!

 

[Debbie292d]

I have a few larger Brinseas. At lockdown, I take the racks out and lay down rubber shelf liner so the chicks can't slip around as much when they hatch. Yes, the eggs are now on their sides.

I jack the humidity up to 70%.

 

[AinaWGSD]

The user manual says to remove the dividers two days before the hatch date (ie at lockdown). Leaving the dividers in could interfere with the chick's ability to zip properly and risks injury.