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Re: KillieTalk Digest V2 #668
In this issue, Lee Harper wrote:
> KillieTalk Digest Saturday, February 13 1999 Volume 02 :
> Number 668
>
> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 15:19:55 EST
> From: LeeH920226 at aol_com
> Subject: Re: Hatching Cones
>
> In a message dated 2/13/99 12:16:00 PM, deck at ptcnet_net writes:
>
> << I use the inverted 2 litter pop bottle. >>
>
> Everybody but me uses an *inverted* pop bottle. I use right side up 2
> liter
> plastic bottles with the top cut off just above where it necks down.
> The cut
> off piece makes a useful funnel. ("Waste not, want not") If the eggs
> are good
> and the aeration is adequate, the rounded bottom is just as effective
> as a
> cone shape.
We can't buy the rounded bottoms in our stores anymore...around here the
bottles all have the five lobed bottoms which cause some significant
circulation problems.
> The advantage is I don't need a hanger or rack to hold them.
Never thought about making a rack. I just use a flower pot and put the
bottle in with the neck end down.
Take care,
Jim
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