IMO it is advantageous to have SOMETHING like a water wiggler, b/c it tells you how much temperature fluctuation an egg is experiencing, which is really the thing that matters (air temperature does not matter except insofar as it affects what the egg temps do).
I couldn't find one either, though, so what I've wound up with, which I'm pretty happy with, is a plastic easter-egg with a hole punched in one end to insert the thermometer probe, and a balloon with a few tablespoons' worth of water knotted into it (sized to *just* fit the egg, so it entirely fills the egg when the egg is taped closed) nestled in there with the probe sitting in the center of it.
For sure you need a thermostat -- while a few people have achieved successful incubation without one, your odds of success are extremely low, especially if you have a poorly insulated 'bator or it is in a room whose temperature fluctuates.
Good luck, have fun,
Pat
I couldn't find one either, though, so what I've wound up with, which I'm pretty happy with, is a plastic easter-egg with a hole punched in one end to insert the thermometer probe, and a balloon with a few tablespoons' worth of water knotted into it (sized to *just* fit the egg, so it entirely fills the egg when the egg is taped closed) nestled in there with the probe sitting in the center of it.
For sure you need a thermostat -- while a few people have achieved successful incubation without one, your odds of success are extremely low, especially if you have a poorly insulated 'bator or it is in a room whose temperature fluctuates.
Good luck, have fun,
Pat
