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    Hello - I'm new to chickens

    I just want to say, thank you very much for the responses, the welcomes and the links. It is rare to encounter a forum in which people are so courteous, patient and knowledgeable - often, those qualities don't sit together, but here they do. This is a good forum. I will certainly be browsing...
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    Incubating Rhode Island Red Chicks

    I just want to say, thank you very much for the responses, especially from ChickenCanoe and BantyChooks, but really from everyone who has added some insight on this thread. It is rare to encounter a forum in which people are so courteous, patient and knowledgeable - often, those qualities don't...
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    Would like chicks or laying hens

    Hello, I'm interested in buying some chicks or laying hens. Would prefer Rhode Island Reds, but will consider any breed. I'm based in East Yorkshire (UK).
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    Incubating Rhode Island Red Chicks

    I just want to keep chickens. I'm not interested in messing around like this. I'll just buy some.
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    Incubating Rhode Island Red Chicks

    I lowered the temperature per the digital indicator earlier and left it for several hours, but when I then inserted the probe thermometer, that showed 43/44-degrees C still. I conclude from this that I will have to rely on the incubator temperature reading. There is simply no way of reliably...
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    Incubating Rhode Island Red Chicks

    The thermometer is simply a probe of the type used in cooking. I don't have a medical thermometer to hand.
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    Incubating Rhode Island Red Chicks

    I don't know if the temperature reading is correct, and this may be adding more confusion to the issue that necessary because, remember, the interior environment will vary and that reading I took is a mere snapshot. Am I right in saying that, given the choice, a lower-than-optimal temperature...
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    Incubating Rhode Island Red Chicks

    Candling at Day +18 showed normal air sac sizes for chicken eggs, as per the diagram above, and the same when I candled today. I have checked the incubator with a digital thermometer and the reading just now settled out at 43-degrees C (109.4 F), allowing for a 1-degree C margin of error either...
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    Incubating Rhode Island Red Chicks

    I will bear this in mind, if I try again. I may also see if I can find a thermometer and check the device as it's currently working, and then report back. For now, let's assume that the temperature indicators are off, I have not been warming the eggs sufficiently and the shortfall in...
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    Incubating Rhode Island Red Chicks

    Today, on Day +23, as widely recommended for diagnosing eggs in cases of late hatching.
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    Incubating Rhode Island Red Chicks

    Yes, as well as candling at Days +7, +14 and +18, I also candled earlier today just before the Floating Test (which was also done today, Day +23, not yesterday as I mistakenly stated in my original post). When I candled today, each egg looked pretty much the same: a large blackness along with a...
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    Hello - I'm new to chickens

    Hello, I am from East Yorkshire in Britain. I am new to this hobby. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am completely new to chickens. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I am attempting to hatch some Rhode Island Reds. I am at Day +23 and I have...
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    Incubating Rhode Island Red Chicks

    Hello, I am new to the Forum. I am currently attempting to hatch some Rhode Island Reds; I am now at Day +23 (6 p.m. GMT) and I think my eggs may be in difficulty. There are six eggs. I have no previous experience in aviculture at all. I am using a small digital still-air incubator. Here's...
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