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[Kilsharion]

I will.   Anyone have any tips on a good digital thermostat? Any pics of your homemade wooden cabinet type incubators would be appreciated also.

You can see my incubator in the photo lists below if you have them enabled. (Here is the link, if you can't see it in my signature box: https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/a/6365983/our-incubator/)

We use the herpstat for our thermostat control and it came out of the box better calibrated than my home thermometer! I also found that the old (and I mean old) mercury thermometer I had left to me by my grandfather was more accurate than any of the digital ones that I had purchased (some at great expense and very high ratings). The mercury thermometer agrees with the herpstat every step of the way.

The herpstat intro is a non-potential or potential thermostat, btw - so if you wanted to use thermaltape and the potential setting for constant temp, you can do that as well. We just used a $20 hair dryer with the non-potential setting. We have a .5° (that's ½ a degree) fluctuation between high (100.0) and low (99.0) with the non-potential. With the potential, the herpstat is even better at maintaining exactly the right temp.

Anyway - I know you were asking about thermometers, not thermostats...but, I had to rave about it. I swear, it's the best purchase I've made in a very, very long time.

 

[TexasLisa]

Latest Breaking News from Landstown:

Well, it's the first night that The Eggcelsior has guests...25 of them. They were partying and throwing food and drink around like there was no tomorrow. They even brought in their own red lights saying they were disappointed that this town had no "red light district". They were more enthused once they realized that the town planning committee was already working to fix that downfall - and, they were in agreement that it was a worthwhile pursuit to ensure that The Broken Yolk be constructed first and then Dame Dorking's - The best little hen house in Texas. They were all quite vocal that only after those most important establishments were constructed would it then be quite the thing to ensure there was some sort of provisions supply facility available.

Kilsharion that is precious!! It looks like a dance hall stage. You can see one of the girls in the background warming up.

Lisa

 

[Kilsharion]

Kilsharion that is precious!!  It looks like a dance hall stage.  You can see one of the girls in the background warming up.  :cd

Lisa

That's awesome. I did tell Mike that we are going to have to be sure that the Cat House has a red light. Actually, the Cat House is going to be a work shed for me and will be where the brooder is kept - so it really will have a red light on all the time Well, most of the time

 

[Fentressfarmer]

Good morning everybody been catching up am I to understand correctly that this sit is moving to Facebook?

 

[Kilsharion]

Good morning everybody been catching up am I to understand correctly that this sit is moving to Facebook?

Um....that'd be a shame...

 

[yinepu]

Good morning everybody been catching up am I to understand correctly that this sit is moving to Facebook?

check your PMs....

 

[yinepu]

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[TexasLisa]

That's awesome. I did tell Mike that we are going to have to be sure that the Cat House has a red light. Actually, the Cat House is going to be a work shed for me and will be where the brooder is kept - so it really will have a red light on all the time

Well, most of the time

Uhhhhh you are going to be working in the Cat House????

Lisa

 

[Kilsharion]

Uhhhhh you are going to be working in the Cat House???? 

Lisa

Hey, gotta make the big bucks somehow....

 

[Fentressfarmer]

thought I would share this pic from yesterday! I wish I could have gotten a picture when she bit into a boiled egg shell and all!!! It was hilarious!!