Water wigglers

[beesong]

OK, I've searched all over at the usual suspect stores (Wal-Mart, Dollar Store, etc.), and I cannot find water wigglers. They are on eBay and at Amazon, but the shipping cost makes them a lot more costly than they should be. Any ideas?

 

[donnavee]

I don't have an answer, but am wondering what is their purpose in hatching eggs?

 

[beesong]

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They were suggested to me by a poster on BYC to use in the incubator, with the thermometer probe inside, to get a more accurate idea of the temp inside of an egg itself.

 

[Emmalion]

You can make one with a ziplock bag with some water fold over and rubberband it closed then slip a therm inside

 

[beesong]

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Now why in the world didn't I think of that????? Thank you!

 

[Emmalion]

You're very much welcome

 

[GotGame]

we made one with a small ziplock bag, one that I got some leg bands in, that actualy makes it about the same size of a standard egg, for more accuate an idea on how the heat fluctuates....

 

[pascopol]

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Ziplock bag has not a shape, or a mass of an egg. You are going to get false reading if your ziplock bag has a different volume that an egg (thermal mass and volume).

I would not bother with that.

Better blow an egg, flush it, fill it with water, insert a probe of a thermometer in it, then seal it.

Now you have the closest thing simulating internal egg temperature.

Anything wrong with this approach?

 

[beesong]

That sounds like a good approach, too! I love it that folks have ideas that don't involve having to buy something in town ..... if I could even find one.

 

[Pascal PicklePants]

I just stole my nephews silly putty. It already comes in an egg. one small hole for the temp probe and into the bator it goes! Just stick the probe int the actual silly putty.
the only pic i have is this one you can see the silly putty egg at the far right side of the shot.