Hygrometers

[missmaryb]

Clearly from the results of my last hatch my grandfather's hygrometer has lost it's mojo..so i'm in the market for a new one. Any suggestions?

 

[The Duck ABC's]

Reptile section at the pet store, or a cheap electronic one from Walmart. The cheap electronic ones are not perfect, but you can gage how constant it is and they are close enough.

 

[missmaryb]

I was just at Walmart looking for one and I couldn't find it anywhere...I asked an associate and he looked at me like I was speaking another language

I got one at home depot

 

[The Duck ABC's]

Just ask for their outdoor thermometers. It's in the hardware section.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

i got one last year from our hardware store and 12 hatches later, it was working fine. I will start my incubator back up again next month....let's hope it's still working good. I always put 2 different ones in there to see how close they are..and do the first hatch like that. Good Luck.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

I have bought many over the years both expensive and inexpensive and returned many to the stores in which they were bought until I found one that was correctly calibrated or at least as close as it should be. The link below will tell you how to calibrate you hygrometer.
http://exoticpets.about.com/od/herpresources/ss/hygrometer_2.htm

 

[missmaryb]

Thanks chicken mom...I thought I'd buy cheap and work my way up as needed so I bought a $3 Acu-rite and the first thing I did was calibrate it..believe it or not, it was right!