substitutes for water wigglers ?

[AussieSharon]

I have some water wigglers I could sell you. Sent you a pm

 

[mustangsaguaro]

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Why couldn't someone here buy you a few, and then have them ship it to you? You just send them payment for the cost of the wiggler(s) and shipping. I'd suggest getting a couple though as one of ours did leak and then wasn't reading correct.

 

[Kaneke]

thanks to everyone who offered, what a great list !

turns out we will be going to the mainland Wednesday, am sure we can find both the water wigglers and the
Acu-Rite hygrometer while there ... maybe get a few extra for the other "deprived" chicken-hatchers here

though there seem to be a lot of wild chickens here, many are bantys ... and I understand they go broody with regularity, at least the ones here do ...

was waiting for one of them to do so (two are raising chicks now) but doesn't look like it's going to happen this week before we leave ... also will probably miss the hatch of the eggs sitting under "Blondie" ... feral hen with wheaten-type coloring

now to catch that other cockerel ... he needs a new home pronto ! I don't need belligerent chickens !

C

(since the silver EE and the RJF cross roo are going everywhere together now, like honeymooners, we just dubbed them "Victoria and Albert"

 

[opihiman911]

Kaneke, good to hear from another island chickaholic. I live on the westside of Kauai, been raising RIR chickens for the last 10 years or so. I just got into hatching my own chicks this last year. I too had difficulty finding a water wiggler and other supplies here on Kauai, though did find most of it on Oahu. My DD goes to UH so I'm always having her buy and mail me things.
My latest thing has been trying to find different breeds of chickens to hatch. I have shipped eggs a couple times, but not with good results. They take a real beating and a couple extra days to get over here. All my hatches have been in the 20-30% range with mailed eggs where my personal eggs I can get 80+% to hatch.
I have relented to finding local sources for good hatching eggs. I was able to find some barred rocks eggs when I was visiting Big Island, got them in the bator right now, 10 out of 12 hand carried on the plane are making it so far on day 17. I have RIR and wanted the barred rocks so my eggs will be sex linked chickes.
I read about guy on Maui that had RIR, barred rocks and delaware chickens. He used them to make red and black sex link chicks for sale over there. Might keep your ear to the coconut wireless to see if you can locate him.
On Oahu the Wailua feedstore on the north shore used to carry baby chicks and poultry supplies, but I haven't been there for several years.
I know what you are saying about shipping over here. Forget about FedEX and UPS they are $$$$$$$. Best deals I've found if to use the flat rate boxes. Many time I've had things that I buy that have free shipping to the 48 states. I get it shipped free to a friend on the mainland, they stuff it into a $9 flat rate box and it get over to me. UPS would want $40 to ship the same thing.
Give me a shout out if you need any local knowledge or help and I'll see what I can do,

Aloha,
Cory

 

[siz8003]

my sister got me some at stop and shop I couldnt find any either

 

[Mrs MIA]

I couldn't find a water wiggler, either, and I'll be darned if I'm going to pay 10 times what it's worth to mail one! LOL! I used two sandwich-size Ziploc baggies 1/2 filled with water, and carefully squeezed all the air out. I used the sandwich sized Gladware plastic container in the 'bator, and sandwiched my temp-probe between them - that way if they break, they don't fill the 'bator with water. So far so good. It's also interesting to see that the air temperature swing as much as 6 or 7 degrees, but the egg temp stays within 0.5-0.6°F. I'd say it works just fine with the baggies!