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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: Lmusc on January 22, 2013, 04:55:57 PM
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Hello. I am a new member, so I will appreciate any advice from an expert! I recently purchased an antique Reliable Bantling incubator in very good condition. I've been doing a little research. On the bottom of it, painted in light blue " Reliable - 81". Does this indicate the year built or model number?
Thanks a lot.
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Incubator for,,,,??? Really need pics !!
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If I was this person being new I wouldn't be so harsh. "Only experts need to reply!" This is a forum of very nice people. They could have asked nicely. ;D Should I ask him rudely for a picture?
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I saw one sold on Ebay for 500.00 but without a visual I can't tell if there is a resemblance. This one looked almost like a piece of furniture. Yes, lets not be so harsh.
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Who was harsh ?? Did I miss something ??
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It is his sarcastic sense of humor. Could be taken as harsh but really wasn't.
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Oh !! Nope !! Guess we all are used to it by now !! ;)
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Hey Bigwull, did I post enough pics for you? So what's you're expert advice?!
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Frogpatch, thanks for your I put. I realize that they can go upwards to 500.00. I purchased mine for only 175.00....a steal. I love it and yes it's like a piece of furniture. I know that the Reliable Bantling and Brooder Co made incubAtors in the late 1800 to early 1900's. so, I will be very happy if the number on the bottom indicates the year made. See pics. Thanks.
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Not cool Bigwull. You can mess with people that know you here, and they will know you are just messing with them. But with a brand new poster? I deleted your post. it was of no use. You have more to add than that.
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Cool little unit , Lmusc !
I'd suggest that you do a magnet-check on all the metal parts , so as to see if they match each other metal-wise .
Can't really tell if yours has had a re-finish job done on it , though ... original finish is best !
Ed ... I missed that one before you took it down .... as in the photo below , you rock !
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Fancy pants, this does has orginal finish. It was basically untouched, found in an attic of farmhouse that someone recently purchased. I will attach a photo of front label which is so beautiful. The top is in a little rougher shape bc cans must have been placed on top for a while. Since I am new at this, how do I do a metal check...should I take it to someone locally? Logically, this could be my next step.
Thanks!
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Not cool Bigwull. You can mess with people that know you here, and they will know you are just messing with them. But with a brand new poster? I deleted your post. it was of no use. You have more to add than that.
Waiting for "I call 'em as I see 'em."
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Nice item. I really like it. It could be re-purposed for many uses. Great conversation piece.
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Fancy pants, this does has orginal finish. It was basically untouched, found in an attic of farmhouse that someone recently purchased. I will attach a photo of front label which is so beautiful. The top is in a little rougher shape bc cans must have been placed on top for a while. Since I am new at this, how do I do a metal check...should I take it to someone locally? Logically, this could be my next step.
Thanks!
Just do a visual check,, see if appearance matches each other, magnet, if you have one, look to see if any were replaced,, should be able to tell if there is a line around current metal parts where they were taken off and replaced with a different one !! Very nice incubator/brooder !! Love those country items !! Ours was one of those round metal ones but we didn`t hatch that many at once !! What is the heat source in yours ?? That can help date it !!
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Hey Bigwull, did I post enough pics for you? So what's you're expert advice?!
I,m not an expert..on incubators...or what goes in them....but I consider myself...a dab hand at cooking and eating...what come,s out of them..... :-X
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So is this a coal heated incubator? Generally around this time they were kerosene heated.
Is this your incubator? Sound like it! for $250 Even rusty cans on top.
http://for-sale.yakaz.com/wood-incubators-for-sale (http://for-sale.yakaz.com/wood-incubators-for-sale)
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Would that be "Southern Fried" Wullie ????
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So is this a coal heated incubator? Generally around this time they were kerosene heated.
Is this your incubator? Sound like it! for $250 Even rusty cans on top.
http://for-sale.yakaz.com/wood-incubators-for-sale (http://for-sale.yakaz.com/wood-incubators-for-sale)
It is a kero heated, air heated style. Later models were hot air and water. What do you think about the number on the bottom? Does it imply the model number or year made?
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Would that be "Southern Fried" Wullie ????
..I,ve had sweetbread....but have never thought of going the whole hog.....so to speak. ;D..i was thinking..more of Tandoori Chicken,...Chicken Tikka,Masala...
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KC,, sounds like he bought it from that ad !! Ad stated that they found it in the attic of the house they bought !! He said same thing,, it was in an attic !!
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Here Mart...you,re getting real good at this Private Dick..stuff.... ;D
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Not really,, just cleaned my cheaters !! ;D
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My opinion for what's it worth, is that your incubator dates from after WWI. On the other hand, I know the company dates back well before that...since the following is from their 1894 Poultry Handbook. :D
Our Orphans
A hundred little chicks or more,
Downy, soft and yellow.
Were peeping out their discontent
In voices far from mellow.
I looked about in wonderment,
No Mothers were at hand,
To gather beneath their outstretched wings
The doleful little band.
And as I gazed, a small wee voice
From one chick seemed to say:
“Perhaps you think we like it
This fine, new fangled way:
But, it’s very disagreeable,
For, strange as it may seem,
We never had a Mother,
They hatched us out by steam.”
“And they call us ‘Happy Orphans’,
When we’re ready all to weep,
For no answering cluck comes back to us,
Though we peep, and peep, and peep.
They say it’s scientific,
And I’ve no doubt it is true,
But, I would rather have a Mother;
Now, really wouldn’t you?”
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Amen! A mother in deed!
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http://archive.org/details/annualpoultryman00reli
This is the Library of Congress archive of their 1800`s Poultrymans digest !! I can`t check it because the files are too large for dial up !! Reliable may have published this,, not sure !! May find the year made here !!
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http://archive.org/details/annualpoultryman00reli
This is the Library of Congress archive of their 1800`s Poultrymans digest !! I can`t check it because the files are too large for dial up !! Reliable may have published this,, not sure !! May find the year made here !!
Mart;
Your link is for the 1896 Reliable catalog / digest, which was noted as being their 11th annual edition. The incubators shown have much bolder, heavier turned legs than the one being discussed here.
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This publication from 1914 shows a reliable bantling that looks very similar design wise, only its a larger capacity model.
http://books.google.com/books?id=WwxBAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22bantling%22&pg=PA121#v=onepage&q=%22bantling%22&f=false
Some other ads from the 1890s show a reliable bantling that has no legs and sits near the ground.
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http://archive.org/details/annualpoultryman00reli
This is the Library of Congress archive of their 1800`s Poultrymans digest !! I can`t check it because the files are too large for dial up !! Reliable may have published this,, not sure !! May find the year made here !!
Mart;
Your link is for the 1896 Reliable catalog / digest, which was noted as being their 11th annual edition. The incubators shown have much bolder, heavier turned legs than the one being discussed here.
Shucks,, they just said 1800 but since its a pdf file I couldn`t read it !!