another question about the water wiggler....sorry

[Tsagirl]

What are the safe temps in the water wiggler?
I have a old thermometer(not digital) in there..is that ok?
Please write if you can! Thanks!

 

[Tsagirl]

Bumpin'

 

[Wooden_Pony]

99.5 is what you want. I am not sure about a manual thermoeter I have a digital in mine, Hopefully someone can help you out on that one.


Edited to add link...

http://www.shilala.com/weasel.html

This link was helpful for me,

Lisa

 

[PurpleChicken]

I think and old style oral thermometer is the best for a wiggler.
They are accurate, don't vary, don't rely on batteries, etc...

 

[Tsagirl]

ok thank you all about this.....
My DH and I just made a homade hatcher out of a styrofom cooler and I want to make sure the temp in the wiggler stays the same because the temps on the digital acurite in there goes down to 93 degrees and then back up to 103! then the lamp turns off and it goes back down again.
The wiggler is at 99 degrees now.....so hopefully the eggs will do well when I put them in tomorow.
I guess this is my project.
Thanks again! I love this forum!!

 

[redchicken]

what are the water wigglers for in the homemade incubator and where can you get one

 

[horsejody]

redchicken,
A water wiggler (also called a water weasel somtimes) is a kids toy. They are little squishy tubes filled with water. You can put a thermometer in them and put them in the incubator. Since they are liqud filled they mimic the temperature changes inside the egg. That way you can monitor the inside temp of the eggs and try to keep it as close to 99.5 as possible. I bought some on Ebay and use a digital thermometer from the petstore that has a probe at the end of a cord. I put the probe in the wiggler and the digital readout is outside of the incubator.

 

[countryboy]

her is a water wiggler i bought from walmart, i paid $.75 for it back in january 2008.

 

[K&H Chicken Farm]

I would like to hijack your post for a min. Please.

Can you use the wigglers to "fill" out a bactor that does not have many eggs in it? To help keep temps stable.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Yes you can. However using water bottles is better depending
on if you have a turner or not.