This was found in a friends chicken coop; any ideas?

[GerryL]

This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

What is it?

 

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[SODABOTTLEBOB]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

Military mess kit item!

Sugar in the center for coffee.
Salt and pepper on the ends for boiled eggs!

As for boiling the water, that's what helmets are for!

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

why can't it be a contraption somebody was fiddling with, and serves no real purpose?

lol. Someone went to a lot of trouble hand soldering this copper.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

I just realized we have a page 2.

Put the your curser on the icon and it shows "dontknow" which is not a word so the spellcheck tries to correct you.

 

[intimer]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

cool....spell check!

 

[intimer]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

Military mess kit item!

Sugar in the center for coffee.
Salt and pepper on the ends for boiled eggs!

As for boiling the water, that's what helmets are for!

maybe some matches with the pepper. and breakfast is served at and from the chicken coop!

 

[whispers]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

tobacco /pot stash for green giant?

 

[alwayslooking]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

Could be a cigar cutter?

 

[Tnmountains]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

Spur cutter for cocks and a powder antiseptic in the end.

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

Spur cutter for cocks and a powder antiseptic in the end.

If I had to invent a spur cutter - it wouldn't look like that.

Mike

 

[Tnmountains]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

Spur cutter for cocks and a powder antiseptic in the end.

If I had to invent a spur cutter - it wouldn't look like that.

Mike

Me either

 

[whispers]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

Perhaps, the chicken farmer got all his stock hooked on coke in an attempt to lead said bird to stick it's head into this rotary guillotine?

 

[foundinrolls]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

In Europe, there were pneumatic mail systems that actually had tubing laid like plumbing under the streets. We experimented with it here in Boston, NYC, Chicago and some other larger cities. This looks very much like an early capsule used by one of those systems. Western Union had a lot of these.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

In Europe, there were pneumatic mail systems that actually had tubing laid like plumbing under the streets. We experimented with it here in Boston, NYC, Chicago and some other larger cities. This looks very much like an early capsule used by one of those systems. Western Union had a lot of these.

It sure does resemble those containers at drive-in banks. Somebody went to a lot of trouble soldering this thing to exact specifications. Maybe someone will find a pic of a very early pneumatic mail tube. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2117.htm

 

[Tnmountains]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

So what out being able to put everthing into the bank tuble. You had three departments to cram stuff into with a center section that would cut off a finger. That does not make much sense.
Could it have been used to clip the end of birds wings ya know those feathers to keep them from flying?
Crazy it looks like the blades of a cigar cutter I have but mines is shaped like a turkey !!

 

[kamgort]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

In Europe, there were pneumatic mail systems that actually had tubing laid like plumbing under the streets. We experimented with it here in Boston, NYC, Chicago and some other larger cities. This looks very much like an early capsule used by one of those systems. Western Union had a lot of these.

http://www.imget.ru/images/2010/01/11/ijQwOwxCJy.jpg

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

To use the item as a device for cutting, chopping, whatever :P
you need two hands.
Who is going to hold the Chook?
Mike

 

[intimer]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

not sure of this was guessed before. but, because of the yellow powder found maybe a chicken vitamin dispenser

because it is not sharp that all it could be good for was to put something in. the two end containers were holding something as well.
because it was found in the chicken house, right?.... it makes sense it was for mixing medicines or vitamins with feed in the center area...shaken/mixed then dispensed to a feed container.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

not sure of this was guessed before. but, because of the yellow powder found maybe a chicken vitamin dispenser

because it is not sharp that all it could be good for was to put something in. the two end containers were holding something as well.
because it was found in the chicken house, right?.... it makes sense it was for mixing medicines or vitamins with feed in the center area...shaken/mixed then dispensed to a feed container.

makes sense.

 

[sniper100]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

messenger pigeon transport/delivery tube

TOO BIG PEOPLE FOR THAT. PIGEONS ARE NOT THAT BIG

Maybe they had carrier chickens!

 

[Produce Guy]

Re: This was found in a friend's chicken coop; any ideas?

Pipe bomb?