home made bator temp question?

[Littlecimarron18]

Soooooooooooo i made my bator a couple weeks ago, it works! but i plugged it in 2 days ago to monitor the temps before i put my eggs in, yesterday when i checked the temp was 96 and when i checked just now it said 103. am i doing something wrong, and can i fix this? OR will the eggs be ok in that variation?

 

[Littlecimarron18]

96 again!

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

103 for short periods of time is ok. My bator would go from 95 to 103 and sometimes 106!

 

[Littlecimarron18]

woot Thanks.


Yay. ill set the eggs then.

 

[skeeter]

do you have a fan in it?it will help stablize and even the temps in the bator,plus if you put in a bottle of water that helps also,do you have a water wiggler?

 

[Littlecimarron18]

i put in a computer fan just like miss prissy. i dont have a wiggler.... yet? i dont have a thermometer that would fit one so i didnt get one. What does the water bottle do? warm or cool water in it?

 

[skeeter]

i always put in warm I run it over my hand untill you cant feel cold or hot that should be about 98 degrees,water wont change temps as fast as air so it helps stableize the temp in the bater

 

[speckledhen]

Water bottle with warm water acts like a heat sink and helps the temps stablilze. Never use cool water, always about 100 degrees.

 

[Littlecimarron18]

ok cool beans. in goes the waterbottle
do i ever need to refil it?

 

[speckledhen]

Just place a water bottle in there with warm water and it can just stay. Never have to touch it again. Make sure it can't leak around the top or it.