This is not a joke, and it may sound strange, but I’m looking for a child’s toy called The Water Weasel to help incubate some chicken eggs. It’s made of a special plastic shaped like an elongated cheerio and filled with water (sometimes with glitter or little creatures in them). All you do is slip the probe of your digital thermometer into The Water Weasel and place it in your incubator just as if it was an egg. Once The Water Weasel comes to the incubator’s temperature, you’ll have the temperature of the inside of your eggs. I’ve looked and looked and haven’t come across any yet. Has anyone heard of them before? Our local Toys R Us didn’t have any. Thought they had every toy!

-- Betty (Mich) (brolffs@voyager.net), March 16, 2002

Answers

Betty, you might look on ebay as they have all kinds of toys.

-- kathy h (ckhart55@earthlink.net), March 16, 2002.

If this method works with that water toy, would it not work with other type water toys? Maybe a float type thing with water inside instead of air? Including a snap cover to put the therometer within.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), March 16, 2002.

I saw that not too long ago at The Easy Chicken: http://shilala.homestead.com/therm.html I've forgotten how to do links but if you'll cut and paste, that will take you to their page where they describe using it and also sell the Water Weasels.

-- Elizabeth in E TX (kimprice@peoplescom.net), March 16, 2002.

Betty- ok now that i have seen what you are talking about I know what it is! I have seen them in the Nature stores in the mall and in novelty type shops.

-- Lynelle SOwestVA (X2ldp@aol.com), March 16, 2002.

Betty- ok now that i have seen what you are talking about I know what it is! I have seen them in the Nature stores in the mall and in novelty type shops. The Easy Chicken is a wonderful web site!

-- Lynelle SOwestVA (X2ldp@aol.com), March 16, 2002.

Here's the link to the Easy chicken. The Easy Chicken This is an interesting site, thanks for sharing Elizabeth. Best wishes!

-- cowgirlone in OK (cowgirlone47@hotmail.com), March 16, 2002.

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I've ordered one from The Easy Chicken Poultry and Supply. I'll let y'all know how it worked.

-- Betty (Mich) (brolffs@voyager.net), March 17, 2002.

go to a kids store !, my son has one he bought for "prize tokens" at the local 4 h thing, works really good .

-- Beth Van Stiphout (willosnake@hotmail.com), March 19, 2002.