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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: dnroach on August 08, 2013, 04:02:33 PM
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Found this at an estate sale in a box of random crap, a lot of it sewing stuff. It seems like a tiny hole punch, not sure if it's sewing related...
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Ticket punch? Looks like it fits in the hand and on a finger.
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I have also seen similar items described as ear punches or poultry punches. You would punch a hole in the ear of a cow, pig, etc. to apply an ID tag. I'm not sure where you would tag a chicken.
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Looks like this person thinks its a poultry punch: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Poultry-Marker-Punch-Chickens-/390612814081?nma=true&si=2LaAWZa2e4YIVOtYB1P91Rpb9K0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Looks like it is a poultry punch. Apparently some chicken breeders punch holes in the web between a chick's toes to identify individual birds (one hole in the right foot vs. two holes or one hole in the left foot) and track lineage. Who knew? This ad came from a Google books search, and appears to be a very similar tool.
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Ha thats awesome, good find!
Thanks everyone for helping identify this, I wouldn't have guessed that in a million years.
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Found another one
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The things we learn here are astounding at times!
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Whoa, you don't see anybody selling those any more. Nowadays the poultry farmers probably bar code and computer scan their chicks. (-;
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What ever happened to the different colored leg bands !!
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........bar code and computer scan their chicks.......
Now there is something a single man could learn from.
Seriously, nice find/tool. I had no idea. I appreciate the sharing and education.
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Wow, the things this site makes me remember. I looked at this and would have never guessed. It just so happens my grandfather raised chickens and fighting roosters in the 40's and 50's. I have the punch he used and lots of chicken rings. The rings are blue, but I remember he had different colors. The punch is marked F.R. Glover Cortland N.Y.
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The chicken nuggets are good. The onion rings are ok. Don't order the chicken rings.....
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Heh-heh, good one
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Wow, the things this site makes me remember. I looked at this and would have never guessed. It just so happens my grandfather raised chickens and fighting roosters in the 40's and 50's. I have the punch he used and lots of chicken rings. The rings are blue, but I remember he had different colors. The punch is marked F.R. Glover Cortland N.Y.
I know for sure that the colored rings were available at least to the mid 60's . One of my enterprising classmates sold them in the school colors as rings at $00.50 each, he mad a small fortune.
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very cool piece!!!