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

GerryL · Nov 1, 2008

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

What is it?

Bigcypresshunter · Nov 6, 2008

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JG_in_NC said:
GerryL will have to tell us. I am just a guesser here.
This is going to bug me....

Im sorry...I meant JerryL. I changed it.

ADDED: Sorry GerryL ....trying to post too fast.

GerryL · Nov 6, 2008

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I'll see if I can get it again for some better photos inside. I don't recall any signs of burning, etc.
And it is GerryL, no prob though! :-)

nanagolddigger · Nov 9, 2008

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My Dad has a ball pistol that has something like this that holds the goodies for it...firing caps.. bullets, gunpowder...could it be a munitions container?

whispers · Nov 9, 2008

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Tobacco cannister?

jonnyrebel00 · Nov 9, 2008

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Maybe it served no purpose. Maybe the person that made it was a bored tinkerer and thought it would be cool to see what he could come up with. Looks cool though. How old is the coop? The house it was found at? How long has your friend lived there? Does he tend to the coop daily? Did it appear out of the blue one day when he went out there? And the most important question of all....... Was it laid by a chicken?

Jagdpanther · Nov 10, 2008

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I'm thinking fishing related. Some type of bait box.

Monty · Nov 12, 2008

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It is rumored that when Col sanders first went into the fried chicken business he had very few funds. So, he would sneak into hen houses and drug the hens so they wouldn't squawk and sneak them out during the night. That is one of his drug kits. Whatever you do don't sniff the residue. :wink:

I am sure that this information is true except for the part I made up. :wink:

Egad, I haven't a clue really. No telling what that thing is. Dad use to have a container of two different kinds of powder to put on pigs after they were castrated to prevent infection and stop the bleeding. It had alum and some other antibiotic type stuff but I don't know what it was. No telling. Monty

jgowans · Nov 12, 2008

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I heard back from one of the Antiques Roadshow guys and they had no idea..... :icon_scratch:

dozer dan · Nov 13, 2008

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you guys may be barking up the wrong tree. it might not have anything to do with chickens. it could be from when granny trying to hide her stash from gramps or just something the kids dragged out there while playing army and dropped in the chicken s**t.

DJ_Quinn · Nov 13, 2008

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It looks like an old cidar case to me and the guitene in the center was used to cut off the end of the cigar.

trikikiwi · Nov 14, 2008

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DJ_Quinn said:
It looks like an old cidar case to me and the guitene in the center was used to cut off the end of the cigar.

It isn't hollow

DJ_Quinn · Nov 14, 2008

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trikikiwi said:
DJ_Quinn said:

It looks like an old cidar case to me and the guitene in the center was used to cut off the end of the cigar.

Click to expand...

It isn't hollow

LOL, well that shoots that theory. I'm stumped then.

jgowans · Nov 14, 2008

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I am leaning toward the tobacco canister idea. The center compartment would hold the tobacco and the end cap storage areas could hold rolling papers and matches??

Or something along those lines. It seems the center compartment would hold a dry product of some kind and the end compartments would hold something related to the center stuff but would need to be seperate until ready to use. It is too big to be a pocket or portable item. Maybe for a parlor or study.

Or prepare the items in the workshop and take them out into the field.
:icon_scratch:

Peerless67 · Nov 14, 2008

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They used to treat poultry skin conditions with sulphur mixed with lard or coal oil. (ie) chicken pox, scaly leg and white comb.

Kentucky Kache · Nov 14, 2008

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A chicken guillotine.

Noodle · Nov 14, 2008

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That looks SOOOO familiar. I swear I lived another life at some time.

texan connection · Nov 14, 2008

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sooo will a egg fit in it?

GerryL · Nov 15, 2008

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Not while it's still in the shape of an egg!

Blacksheep · Nov 15, 2008

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Still leaning on tinderbox as was suggested earlier, tinder in one end, spark tools in the other, started in the center section that has an adjustable opening that could be adjusted to keep wind/rain out or to add larger bits of fuel. It may not have soot showing simply because it may never have been used.

(how many gadgets have we all bought or received that got tossed in a drawer and forgotten?) :wink:

DANGLANGLEY · Nov 15, 2008

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Another wild guess..... Could it be a container to hold saltpetre, charcoal and sulphur, the three ingredients for gun powder? Well, probably not. It sure is interesting though.

DANGLANGLEY