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    

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!

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.

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.   

cool....spell check!           

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!           

tobacco /pot stash for green giant?

Could be a cigar cutter?

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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  !!

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

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

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.

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.

messenger pigeon transport/delivery tube   

TOO BIG PEOPLE FOR THAT. PIGEONS ARE NOT THAT BIG

Maybe they had carrier chickens!

Pipe bomb?

how about an egg warmer---incubator---transporter.
coals or embers in the end and a wrapped up egg in the center?     

Have you tasted the yellow powder or at the very least, injected it into one of your chickens? Two things could happen, each equally revealing: 1) you/your chicken could instantly dehydrate and die, or 2) you/your chicken achieve a state of powerful elightenment that unravels all the world's mysteries, including why anyone would want to withdraw sulphur from a drive-through teller, steal the canister, then hide the contraband under a clump of chicken feces.

including why anyone would want to withdraw sulphur from a drive-through teller, steal the canister, then hide the contraband under a clump of chicken feces.

...the perfect crime

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

That's called art and this is no art. There's some obvious utility to it.

dono but is cool

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

  Im with Slipperyjack47 on this one. Something to do with the egg doin's
at the coop.....

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

That's called art and this is no art. There's some obvious utility to it.

If there was an obvious utility to it...wouldn't there be thousands of them laying around?

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

That's called art and this is no art. There's some obvious utility to it.

If there was an obvious utility to it...wouldn't there be thousands of them laying around?

There are many patents that became failures. Maybe its a homeade one of a kind item that somebody was fiddling with but whoever made it spent a lot of time soldering it the old fashioned way and making it to these specifications. It seems to be a very well made item that is perfectly rounded and perfectly fitted with tight fitting caps and hasnt been used much. I agree its not art.

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

That's called art and this is no art. There's some obvious utility to it.

If there was an obvious utility to it...wouldn't there be thousands of them laying around?

There are many patents that became failures. Maybe its a homeade one of a kind item that somebody was fiddling with but whoever made it spent a lot of time soldering it the old fashioned way and making it to these specifications. It seems to be a very well made item that is perfectly rounded and perfectly fitted with tight fitting caps and hasnt been used much. I agree its not art.

If there was an obvious utility to it...wouldn't there be thousands of them laying around...or items of similarity?

 Its too bad there are no manufacturers markings.

Its too bad there are no manufacturers markings.

Come to think of it, I'd check again for a manufacturer mark. It looks too high quality for someone not to take credit for it. Might shine a light down there.

Its too bad there are no manufacturers markings.

Come to think of it, I'd check again for a manufacturer mark. It looks too high quality for someone not to take credit for it. Might shine a light down there.

I agree its quality made.

We cant google it because we dont know what it is.

Its a tool to castrate chickens or for other farm animals.

Its a tool to castrate chickens or for other farm animals.

Are you guessing? Can you tell us how you know this? What are the end containers for? Is it a 2 man operation?

I hope you are correct but I dont think its sharp.

Its a tool to castrate chickens or for other farm animals.

So a testicle for each cup? Male chickens don't have external sex organs. I never thought I'd say those words.

Its a tool to castrate chickens or for other farm animals.

So a testicle for each cup? Male chickens don't have external sex organs. I never thought I'd say those words.

I thought he meant cut off the head but I just dont see it. I think Fisheye was just guessing.

Maybe a magicians trick. An egg is put in the canister and suddenly a chick comes out 

     I wonder if that could be a fence post bank? I have heard them mentioned several times but I don't think I have ever seen one. Nothing on google about them either, pictures anyway. I think there was a post with a newspaper ad about them but that was a long time ago.

HH Charlie

Does it have to be chicken/egg related, just because it was found in a chicken coop? Couldn't it be a plumbers doo-dad or an electricians soldering paste holder?
 

Does it have to be chicken/egg related, just because it was found in a chicken coop? Couldn't it be a plumbers doo-dad or an electricians soldering paste holder?
 

   

     Nope it sure don't, it could be from anywhere and for anything. I'm sure a lot of things wound up in chicken coops that had nothing to do with raising chickens.

Its a torture device for Al-Qaeda terrorists.They make em put a body part in the open tube and slowly turn the blade till they talk.More effective than waterboarding.

What is it?

I've been known to be wrong before so don't lay money on it but I think it was for cutting cigar tips in the center section. It it is old, the ends were used for snuff and cocaine. (Before it was deemed illegal it was used in Coca-Cola.)  ;)

What is it?

I've been known to be wrong before so don't lay money on it but I think it was for cutting cigar tips in the center section. It it is old, the ends were used for snuff and cocaine. (Before it was deemed illegal it was used in Coca-Cola.)  ;)

It would take 2 hands to turn it to cut the tip off the cigar.