EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[chicken hawk 33]

 

[dan26552]

A gout! I wouldn't be proud mel!

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I went back and edited that!

 

[NaJoBeLe]

I need some help how do u calibrate this thermo/hygrometer

Does it have a probe? Not all thermometers are able to be physically calibrated. Might have to check it against a known accurate thermo and account for the difference. I thought you had a good thermo from before?

So after doing a quick google search it appears to be a wireless model. the accuracy is rated at +/- 2 deg F, Don't think I would bother with trying to calibrate or adjust for the difference either one. It's not accurate enough for incubating if that's your intended purpose.

IMO anyway, to each there own I suppose but that's quite a bit of variance.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I need some help how do u calibrate this thermo/hygrometer

you can calibrate the hygro:

Mix 1/2 cup of salt and 1/4 cup of water to make a thick slurry. Put your thermometer/hygrometer into a large zip-close plastic bag with this cup of salt slurry, close completely, and leave at room temperature for several hours or overnight. Do not let the water actually touch the hygrometer. If at the end of this time the relative humidity inside the bag is 75%, you're home free. (You should read it while it is still in the closed bag, because the second you take it out, the humidity in your house will begin to affect the reading.)

If the humidity is higher or lower, however, you will need to make a note of the % by which the hygrometer deviates, and always remember to mentally add or subtract that percentage during incubation to maintain the desired humidity: For example, if your humidity reading is 80%, you must always subtract 5% from whatever you see on the hygrometer. If it says 40%, you will know the real humidity is 35%.​

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the thermo part like this, but put it in a baggie in a big bowl of ice water

STICK type FOOD
Thermometer CALIBRATION

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[chicken hawk 33]

Does it have a probe? Not all thermometers are able to be physically calibrated. Might have to check it against a known accurate thermo and account for the difference. I thought you had a good thermo from before?

So after doing a quick google search it appears to be a wireless model. the accuracy is rated at +/- 2 deg F, Don't think I would bother with trying to calibrate or adjust for the difference either one. It's not accurate enough for incubating if that's your intended purpose.

IMO anyway, to each there own I suppose but that's quite a bit of variance.

well this is the one ms sally sent me that I have used

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Hello anyone there

 

[meltel]

Hello anyone there

@DwayneNLiz sent you a description on how you can do it. I have not used this so I dont know what to tell you.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

@DwayneNLiz
 sent you a description on how you can do it. I have not used this so I dont know what to tell you.

I am trying that I did the water but it showed 16 degrees

 

[chicken hawk 33]

What's good thermo/hygrometer

 

[chicken hawk 33]

What should humidity because without water it runs at like 40 percent