Okiechick57's Incubator Adventure

[okiechick57]

wiggler temp is slow........only up to bout 60 now? um.better check my thermometer uh

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Ya. The wiggler shouldn't take more than an hour, or so, to come to temp, especially
since the air temp was so warm.

Is that thermometer oral or rectal? make sure it's in the proper end of the wiggler.

 

[okiechick57]

uh..............oral......is there a "proper? end of wiggler ? dont laugh to hard now

 

[hcammack]

LOL I think I am sticking to the broody incubator.

Henry

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Gotcha

 

[Wooden_Pony]

Okie if you can get to a pet store pick up a Flukers brand digital thermometer and hydrometer combo. It will be in the reptile section. I have two of them and they work wonderful for temps and humidity.

This post from speckledhen was VERY helpful in making sure my hydrometers were reading correctly.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16300

When I was regulating mine I had in my incubator two water wigglers w/ probes, 5 thermometers two cheapy hydrometers, and the two digital Fluker brand combs.

You are so luck that you have PC I am flying by the seat of my pants working on this here. Good luck you can do it if I can!!!

 

[PurpleChicken]

Good post WP.

I had big problems with my flukers but I didn't have wigglers yet either.

Look at all the readings. The $5 analog thermometer was correct. Who knows
about humidity. Those meters had over an hour to settle there.

 

[okiechick57]

OKAY>....bad thermometer..........I think I will have to go get a fluker so it seems......thanks WP .......and am VERY thankful for P.C. and step by step help...... I had a cooking mercury thermometer so I stuck it in there.we will see?

 

[Wooden_Pony]

Thanks PC you mean I actually sound like I know something about hatching? LOL

I use to incubate all kind of eggs when I was a kid but I had a dinosuar incubator a big huge metal thing that worked great! These new ones worry me

True PC I was having a hard time with my Flukers reading different as well. The test speckledhen posted helped out alot to figure out the true reading of them.

I have also been tempted to go to our local cigar shop and pick up a hydrometer for a cigar humidor. They are a bit pricy but they read very true.

 

[okiechick57]

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hammock............nah....come on....if I can try it you can too !