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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
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 Posted - Mar 05 2008 : 09:51:46 AM
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I'd appreciate any information on this contraption my husband brought home today. Check it out on my blog. There's something in it for ya!
My new blog! http://thecottonwife.wordpress.com/
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Mar 05 2008 : 10:02:54 AM
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It does look like some sort of cage that chickens could be taken to market in. I probably wouldn't call it a coup since I usually think of Coups as homes where the chickens roost and nest, but I would say your husband has a pretty good chance of being right that it was for poultry (ducks, chickens, geese, turkeys maybe?) being taken to market. But that's just my guess.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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LadyCrystal
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Alicia
Rhode Island
USA
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Posted - Mar 05 2008 : 12:02:19 PM
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Hi Jennifer,
It is a travel cage. I am not sure if it is an antique because people still use those tocarry their chickens to the poultry shows today. It is missing a piece. I wouldn't use it to permanantly coop chickens in. Just curious how much he paid for it?
Alicia
http://fromcitytocountrygirl.blogspot.com/
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Mar 05 2008 : 12:10:52 PM
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He doesn't tell me where he finds my treasures, but he most likely dug it out of a barn somewhere. So... free!
My new blog! http://thecottonwife.wordpress.com/
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 05 2008 : 2:16:44 PM
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Very cool. I agree that it is a travel cage. neat find!! And the best price too!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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WisGal35
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cathy
Kenosha County
WI
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2008 : 07:59:32 AM
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We love these kinds of finds...now the cotton husband will have to bring home some poultry finds! I agree, it a bring-them-to-market basket. With the floor fixed, you could use this for lots of poultry purposes besides going' to market. Isolation, nesting hens, maybe even chicks (looks like the bars might be big enough for young chicks to get out of, maybe for putting older chicks outside?)
If poultry isn't in your future, this would look really cute in your garden on some bricks or a stump or something, just add a few pots of herbs or berries or flowers or something else fun in it. A good springtime project for the kids. :) |
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