water wiggler how does it work

[bumblebeehillschickenfarm]

i made my own bator and i read here that you use a water wiggler to get the timps.right. i could not find one so i made one out of two plastic bags with water in it. i had everything running right on 99.5 stable for 31 min. without light even comming on.i put my eggs in 4 dozen and started, made one adjustment and was good to go i hand turned the eggs 3 times a day . today i pulled out the acu-rite cord in my water wiggler by mistake and a little later i seen that the temp.was 106 did i just fry my eggs. or is this the temps outside without the water wiggler i am sick i had some high dollar eggs in there did i just fry my eggs. please help

 

[bumblebeehillschickenfarm]

can anyone help

 

[chickenfeed]

Water wiggler simulates the temp inside the eggs.
If the cord was outside of your water wiggler then it was showing temp of incubator.

 

[bumblebeehillschickenfarm]

what temp is more important the inside temps on the outside or both if both how can you keep them the same i am so confused an upset right now

 

[NoSpringChick]

I am just as confused as you on this issue......my air temperature inside my bator goes as high as 103.5, but I don't have a water wiggler at this time.

Can someone clarify this please.

 

[eggonomist]

I had the same problem, most literature relates to air temp in the incubator, I have an egg hollowed out and filled with water with a water temp probe and it's consistantly 3 degree's cooler than air temp, out side of the water it shows the same 99.5 as the air temperature probe. I do not have a water wiggler but it would be interesting to see if that showed any difference to my water filled egg shell. I would concentrate on the air temperatures as they are the most reactive in the incubator and will show signs of change much sooner than the waterwiggler will. However I have hatched 0 eggs so I would wait for conformation of this first.

 

[Mom 2em All]

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The temperature inside the water wiggler- whether bought or home made- is the most accurate, as it is simulating the temperature inside the egg where the chicks are. AIr temperature fluctuates much more than the temp inside the wiggler/egg. If you keep the inside temp (the temp inside the wiggler at or very near 99.5, you will see your air temp change and wont have as much worry.

 

[bumblebeehillschickenfarm]

thanks for your reply so maybe my eggs should be fine i was realy worried

 

[NoSpringChick]

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The temperature inside the water wiggler- whether bought or home made- is the most accurate, as it is simulating the temperature inside the egg where the chicks are. AIr temperature fluctuates much more than the temp inside the wiggler/egg. If you keep the inside temp (the temp inside the wiggler at or very near 99.5, you will see your air temp change and wont have as much worry.

I have been tweaking my bator for 3 days now and finally the water wiggler temp is great. I also put a sealed bottle of water in there to help keep the temperature consistent....I think they call it a heat sink....Works really well...
Still waiting for those eggs....