Chicken Waterers from the 19th Century to the Present

Chicken Waterers
from the 19th Century to the Present
Marty Schlabach
Antiques Club of the Finger Lakes
May 25, 2017
Latta Rox Farm
https://lattaroxfarm.com/chicken-waterers
Chicken Waterers
Marty Schlabach
May 25, 2017
Latta Rox Farm
https://lattaroxfarm.com/chicken-waterers
Chicken Waterers
Marty Schlabach
May 25, 2017
Latta Rox Farm
https://|attaroxfarm.com/chicken—waterers

You collect what?
You collect what?
You collect what?

You collect what?
Chicken Waterers?
You collect what?
Chicken Waterers?
You collect what?
Chicken Waterers?

How many of you are familiar with
chicken waterers or poultry fountains?

How many of you are familiar with chicken waterers
or poultry fountains?
Who knows of a
chicken waterer collection,
anywhere?
Who knows of a
anywhere?
Who knows of a
anywhere?

Who knows of a chicken waterer collection anywhere?
Victoria and Albert Museum in
London has an enormous
pottery collection.
But no chicken waterers!!
(I checked.)
pottery collection.
(I checked.)
pottery collection.
(Ichecked)

What is a Chicken Waterer?

“English and American country potters made a bell-shaped
dome of earthenware (and later of stoneware) with a knob or
handle on the top, and a small round hole about an inch from
the bottom edge. They also made a matching shallow dish,
with a wider circumference than the dome.
To use the two-piece ‘chick waterers,’ or poultry fountains, the
farmer (or more likely the farmer’s wife) would turn the dome
upside down and fill it with fresh water. She would then set the
dish over the base of the dome while it is still upside down, and
flip the two over together and set them on the coop floor or in
the barnyeard. A vacuum formed in the top of the fountain so
that the water in the dome would fill the dish to the level of the
hole in the dome, but not spill out. As chickens drank, more
water was let out of the dome into the dish.“
Clay: The History & Evolution of Humankind’s Relationship with Earth’s Most
Primal Element, Suzanne Staubach, 2005, p161-162
“English and American country potters made a bell-shaped
To use the two-piece ‘chick waterers,’ or poultry fountains, the
water was let out of the dome into the dish.“
”English and American country potters made a bell-shaped
To use the two-piece ’chick waterers,’ or poultry fountains, the
water was let out of the dome into the dish.”

The People's Practical Poultry Book:
a work on the breeds, breeding, rearing, and
general management of poultry, William M.
Lewis, 1871
The American Poulterer's Companion:
a practical treatise on the breeding, rearing, fattening,
and general management of the various species of
domestic poultry, C. N. Bement, 1845
1845 1871
The People's Practical Poultry Book:
a work on the breeds, breeding, rearing, and
general management of poultry, William M.
Lewis, 1871
The American Poulterer's Companion:
a practical treatise on the breeding, rearing, fattening,
and general management of the various species of
domestic poultry, C. N. Bement, 1845
1845 1871
1845 1871
FURNITURE AND ACCESSOR‘ES' 1% run PEOPLE’S PRACTICAL POULTRY noon. 1:15
cheap and substantial feed or water dish is shown in figure 4. The sides of
an old tin pan are connected together by n net-work of wire passing through
holes beneath the rim, and crossing above the center at the various angles,
DRINK]KG FOUNTAIXS.
Figure 1 shows a barrel fountain; it has a small tube extending from the
cask to a shallow dish or pan, which should be small, so that the fowls cannot
get into it and soil the water. Figure 2 shows a bottle fountain, which may
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“‘l‘l‘ll‘l‘lll‘“ i
When the hen is confined in a coop with her little Fm. L—BAIIII. mm. M 1—Mml Iona-uni.
{Milly 0f CtkenF—‘g they [ECU-lire COHSldel'a-ble water, he made by taking atwo or three inch plank and scooping it out one and
and if a V0588] is pill where She can get it, the chick- a half inches, forming a shallow trough; then make a frame similar to the
_ _ . _ figure shown, and insert the neck of the battle, the noule reaching to within
ens are very apt to get into 1t and not only 5011 H, but three-quarters of an inch of the bottom of the trough. Either of these do-
often get their dOEVD wet, which chills and much signs will answer all purposes of a drinking fountain for the poultry yard.
injures, if not kills them. To remedy this, we adopted T“ 03mm“ mum” WWW“
is too well known to need description, but a rather better form than is usually ,
the fOHOWIDg {CUBE-111 for he? and her brOOd’ WhICh made is shown in figure 3. The advantages of such a construction are two;
Fig. 25.
the top being open, and fitted with a cork, the state of the interior can be
examined, and the vessel well sluiced through to remove the green slime
The American Poulterer's Companion: The People's Practical Poultry 300k:
a practical treatise on the breeding, rearing, fattening, a work 0“ the breeds, breeding, rearing, and
and general management of the various species of general management of poultry, William M.
domestic poultry, C. N. Bement, 1845 Lewis, 1871

Genesee Farmer, May 1851, p117
fl ’ a ' . V “is have to than]: £3a Dian, of Geneva, the
‘ ‘ gcnilrmnnly navigator of _ _.-
Seneca Lake, for a Poultry
Fountain, just come safe to
hand, Ind or which we have
POULTRY. hens are constant sitters and careful nurses to their.
, — . hickens but are exceedi 1 c uel to those of
Wis have receIVed from the publishers E. H. Bu'r- own 0 ’ fig r. . .
LEE 5t Co., of'Philadelphia, a new worir on Poultry, other hens. The moment one ° their chickens ‘5
, , II II I: _ a had an cngmiring made, {or
. . 1 h‘ th _ . Injul‘e , a 'g t is commence, and the chickens
131x13}?
fish‘giigh Egiizdfviihlidditignseliyath: figérgf alarmed at the turmoil, crowding around their dams: the benslit of those who keep
can editor, and his numerous correspondents, who are many of them killed, and the victorious hen, aft
- - I a. co '-
are among the most extensive and best informed her opponent has retreated, will attack every Ch 1 - Wunry- It '5 Simply '- m
.r within her reach, and oftentimes in her desir for ' ‘I I
Egggdhzitiiefizif a]: gigglggesenl‘tild ingfirsfigfi revenge, mistaking her own chicirs as belon rig to mm? Bug-then III" “ “h a llq
basin in front, and a. small
. . . her antagonist, destro s them. In the inn time
mens of his Wlute Shanghac fowls. Mr. W. fur- - - ,
nished a description and portraits of these fowls for the vanquished Will estroy every stran_ “ Chm“ hole in the jar ‘hmu h which
3 . '
the water passes to ie basin.
, th t. : 'th' h h.
- fifizdgg“: work, which Iwe copy for the benefit of . 3‘Itigfii‘ierisg'yviis inbegrdegited, mot wi , many vexa~
i'9u§1;°a:§az’el’iixiysiih'i‘igs‘sliifiii °°r eiive’rd" "fit
11 a' 0 t
qige: didspositiogs. Ttgese 33:5 are :03 s‘ihggieslgi This halo mufi‘ h Glued
orsui gun econ ar e ' ‘ a - ‘ ‘
Iconsding.h T3,; pfirssons ni’I. ”Z’Ehg“fiiv'§§:;£3g while filling the Jar, which is
rs” t e a anis ‘ ' ,— d .’ -
tEiE‘iI-éaver grow: the pslig-_ estmdéariiziailocincnahaii‘efe— [hen corked tight and the . _
hf:e%;ifié:cfi?:£§ng?:s arhinvalunble for the purpose g‘h'g a... tho hm mmvd' . _. . -....— _ .
u ‘ - t ‘ t d h d ' ' ‘
swims; m,::;‘;,;23,3,:,:,;;m he hum 1- th“ filled "0'“ "m J" m“ *9!“ Eu"-
from Shanghae, : 4 - were there purchased as a pure Th1! ill the m0” convenient
race, and were iii-ranted as such. I received them
'
difrgpfl); £20m to ship, tand as evideplce 13f tlée puritfi arrangement [0? “'IIEI'II'I
o no man in ever e t ' l'
-
Easigclib'11.?andlevetg’chi03h‘iiigfihsg172:!)ielitxiichaéd {D‘Vll “II-t “'0 ever notice .
u u 't h
tlilea he tee:173333;»?ii 330:: ortpidgiagg. "m been F0" ”1030 who "‘3 ““5519
“ 1 ese fowls willrenk among the largest coming to pmure [he .Ibove, we
present a drawing of lllfltll-
or on the same principle,
which we have used—rim—
plc, and easily constructed.
An ordinary Junk boiilo
forms a reservoir ; the I
trough below contains very
_ _. H little water, and is never
- "” ~ - orcrflowod. Pointed lath,
nailed to the rides and stuck into the ground, keep
the whole upright.
fro- China, and, as a proof that they thrive well in
ts climate, I will instance that, one of the progeny,
, cock, not yet eight months old, being one of the
first brood hatched, wei hs full ' ht, d
We have to drank Capt.
gentlemanly navigator of
Seneca Lake, for a Poultry
Fountain, just come safe to
' ' A hand, and of which we have
on. BEEN mom’s warms SHANGHAE ros. had an engraving made, for
“Among the many varieties of the Gallus me the benefit 0‘: “1953 Wh” keep
F which have been introduced into the New Englan poultry. It "f S‘mPIlY ‘1 90"“
States from China, therein no variety which possesse l mon earthen Jar, With ’1 link,
so many good qualities as the White Shanghaes. has"! “1 front, and 1‘ siqaill
“ The White Shanghaes are larger and more quie 13°19” ”1° 1“» ”1mg" ‘3’ 1F
than other varieties. The flesh of these fowls 3 he water passes tot e asm‘
. - - This hole must be closed ,
much sii erior, not sinewy or “strin ,” as is t . . . - - '
case witli) the flesh of most of the othgi! Shanghae fihlle fillingfth? 3;" Whédh: WM , it
The eggs are larger, and these hens are more proli t en cm 9 “g t’ an d , :, ~ 2 . r
than those of other colors. plug at thevbottom remove ‘ - :
I I . . The been: is thus filled from the Jar and kept full.
“ In their habits they are more qmet, and less in This is the most convenient
clined to ramble. These habits render the lien arrangement for waterin
' invaluable for incubators and nurses, and the mild fowl; that we ever notice _
ness of their disposition makes them excellent foster For those who are unable
, mothers, as they never injure the chicks belonging t to procure the above we
other hens. I am induced to speak more fully c present ndrawing of 350th-
these characteristics, from the many vexntious losse er on the same principle
I have sufi'ered in the experiments I have tried. which we have used—Sim:
“I have imported different breeds of fowls fror pie, and easily constructed.
. Europe and elsewhere, and have received from man An ordinary junk bottle
friends specimens of choice fowls, and my endeavor ‘ forms a reservoir ; the
to propagate them have been frustrated by the ram trough below contains very '
, ling- or quarrelsome disposition of the hens which V , , - little water, and is never
have been obliged to use for incubators and nurses — ' ””"" , . --------- overflowed. Pointed lath,
I I have lost, oftentimes, by quarrelsomeness of th nailed to the sides and stuck into the ground, keep
u hens, their entire broods ; for instance, the Gain the whole upright.

Guilland, H. E. Early American Folk Pottery,
1971, p69
Keystone Pottery, Washington County,
Tennessee, usually referred to as the
Decker Pottery, ca. 1870-1910.
1971, p69
1971,p69

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Dome-shaped (with later dish), hand-
thrown, unglazed
Dome-shaped, hand-thrown, glazed
inside & outside
Dome-shaped (with later dish), hand-
thrown, unglazed
Dome-shaped, hand-thrown, glazed
inside & outside
Dome-shaped (with later dish , hand- Dome-shaped, hand-thrown, glazed
thrown, unglazed inside & outside

Hand-thrown, jug-shaped with
handle, open bottom
Hand-thrown, jug-shaped with
handle, open bottom
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Hand-thrown, jug—shaped with
handle, open bottom

Hand-thrown, with attached dish
Hand-thrown, with attached dish, salt glaze,
Maker: A. L. Hyssong, Bloomsburg, PA

-hand-thrown
-jug-shaped with handle
-pushed-in side
-pulled-up lip for dish
-one-piece
-hand-thrown
-pushed-in side
-one-piece
-hand-thr0wn
-pushed-in side
-0ne-piece

Hand-thrown, with added dish & hood, Bristol glaze

Hand-thrown, pushed-in side, pulled-up
lip, added hood, finial
Hand-thrown, added hood and dish, finial
It
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Hand-thrown, jug-shaped
Molded, jug-shaped, hand-formed
handle, hood and dish

Molded, jug-shaped, hand-formed handle
Molded, jug-shaped, without handle
Molded, jug-shaped, hand-formed handle
Molded, jug—shaped, hand-formed handle

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J. UOGE.
DREHEIHE I'mzryum Hm PGULTRY.
2h]. 315.251. Patented Apr. 11385. .
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Molded, Bristol glaze, without mark
Molded, Bristol
glaze, makers mark:
Medalta Potteries
Ltd. Medicine Hat,
Alberta
Molded, Bristol glaze, without mark
Molded, Bristol
glaze, makers mark:
Medalta Potteries
Ltd. Medicine Hat,
Alberta
Molded, Bristol
glaze, makers mark:
Medalta Potteries
Ltd. Medicine Hat,
Alberta
Molded, Bristol glaze, without mark ~......~

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Courtesy of History Center of Tompkins County
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THELQENEEL’VCEATOR JMANUFACTURING 60., ITHACA,’N. Y.
Cornell Galvanized Iron Drinking Fountain
The {Darnell Drinking Fountain: are made of heavy
galvanized iron, double-seamed, carefully turned and
soldered. They are conical in shape, so that in
freezing weather the pressure of the ice inside will
not split the seam. The top is also conical, and
prevents the fowls from roosting and polluting the
water. The pans are of pressed iron, heavily gal-
vanizcd.
The construction and the material are both 9833'
to clean and to keep clean.
These fountains can be nested in shipping, so as
to take ihe minimum space. Made in four sizes:
miner Mm
PRICE
Ench. Three. Six.
I—quart, for chicks. ,. . l . . .5020 $0.50 $0.90
2-qiiart, for (lucklings., . . . .25 .70 1 25
SEQ—quart, for fon'lsh ....... .35 1.00 1.80
Cornell Galvnnized Iron Drinking Founuln 7'C1U31't: for ducks ---------- .50 1.40 250
Cornell Cage Fountain
This fountain is a very satisfactory :lrmngmnont for watering lICnS or turkeys.
clean, is easily ﬁlled, and freezing will never damage it. It may he hung or hinged to
the wall,and so arranged as to make it possible to be reached from the mar through a.
“aﬂiiinn W me“ also he "M" Mr ‘nml. which, bring protected, is kept in uclean rou-
It keeps the water
galvanized iron, and will inst for years. It is
-- ‘ ipactpm-kage.
PRICE
lish......................... 35 cents each
1 .......................... 50 cents each
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3011'“
New Factory of the Cornell Incubator Mfg. Company. Ithaca, N. Y.
C. L. VIVIAN. ARCHITECT
Whoa commend um luclory will In lhe lulu-5| and hen Incubator munufaclory in lhe world. ' ' ,' carnal]
Courtesy of History Center of Tompkins Coynty Cage Fountain

Eyles, D., Doulton Lambeth Wares, 2002
Eyles, D., Doulton Lambeth Wares, 2002
Eyles, D., Dou/ton Lambeth Wares, 2002 , ‘ f K i
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BARTELDES & CO., DENVER, COLORADO. 103
fikfiTEasé CO, DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
THE “ COLORADO.”
These stoneware drinking dishes Ire unexceiied. They keep the water cool and
clean. and chicks irom getting wet or drowned.
Half gallon, each, 25¢; per 1102., $2.40. 1 gallon, each, 35m per
dozen, $3.00.
Special brooder size, holds about 1% quarts. (its inside brooder. Same price as half
gallon. .
PRICE LIST HND DESCRIPTIUE CHTHLOGUE
BARTELDES DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
These fountains are made oi heavy galvanized iron, in a cone shape. inverted into a
pan, giving plenty of room for the fowls to drink.
Price, 1 quart size, 300.; 2 quart size 406.
CYPI-IERS WALL FOUNTAINS.
This is something entirely new in the way or fouutlins, and is made for the poultrymen
who require I well fountain. It is mlnufactured from the best galvanized iron and flat'
toned on one side so that it can be hung on a board or the wall of ahuildiug, at my height,
A gslvuuized iron hood projects over the water receptacle and protects the wstor from
dirt. It is equally servicesble for young chickens as adult iowis. IT OAN NOT BE
BROKEN BY FREEZING, and is easily cleaned by filling with round pebbles or shot and
shlking thoroughly. We recommend this i'ountsin as first» class in every particular. It is
made in two sizes.
Prloe, 1 gallon size, each, 750; 2 gallon size, $1.00.
THE “SANITARY” FOUNTAIN.
A squsre galvanized fountain. in two parts A slight pull on the
small whisp broom. both parts are easily and thoroughly cleaned. It is filled instantly. You
V. don' t have to wait for the water to gurgie in through a small hole. in can be hung up out of the
Price, '1 gallon size.- 600.; 2 gallon size, 900.
Sanitary :Seli-Feeding; Boxes for ; Poultry.
. .. . .
This Box Us Manufactured iron the Best Galvanized Iron.
ltcontuins threocompsrtments. This box can be hung up against the wall ethan‘y height
desired. Itis nflrst-class article, is practically indestructible and will last a lifetime. Two
quarts tolo bin.
Price 76 cents.
WOODEN FEED BOXES: Home shapes galvanized, aim/lo compartment 60c each,
double compartmenl, 60¢: each.
Feed and Water Jars.
Phin, mnde oi stoneware, holding about 11/, quarts. For either‘
feed or wster. Very-essy to keep clean; 8x3 inches inside.
rm, 4§for 2512.; 1 dozen, 60c.
COLORADO SEED HOUSE
DENVEK,COLO.

Metal, hangs on wall, hood, handle,
Maker mark: Cyphers Incubator Co.
Buffalo, N. Y. Small

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Glass top, metal base, two-piece

Glass, two-piece,
Makers Mark: Sana-Fount,
Anderson Box Co. Indpls. Ind.
Glass, two-piece,
Anderson Box Co. Indpls. Ind.
Glass, two-piece,
Anderson Box Co. lndpls. Ind.

Glass, two-piece,
Maker Mark:
Thomas’s Halifax,
Made in England
Glass, two-piece,
Maker Mark:
Thomas’s Halifax,
Made in England
Glass, two-piece,
Maker Mark:
Thomas’s Halifax,
Made in England

Glass top, Bakelite base

Many designs that fit
standard canning jar
standard canning jar
standard canningjar

Japanese waterer
base, fits standard
canning jar
Japanese waterer
base, fits standard
canning jar
base, fits standard
Japanese waterer
canningjar

Common Chicken Waterers Today

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BARTELDES" T'O-
EAR’I‘II EN DltKllkEgE
rh FOUNTAIN.
'. ese stoneware drink -
tmns keep the water 1cr‘ofilfoz‘tlrli‘d
clean. and chicks from gettln
wet or drowned. Made with opeg
bottom for convenience of clean?
ing. and inverted into a -
1"" .. 2_ . pan.
Write qt. size, 35c, gal. size,
THE "SANITARY" FOUNTAIN.
naAtcsmimc. uzluriiz-Bil fountain. in two
t r-. _. Inglil pill on the projecting
par; otvthe lmtti-m removes it entirelv,
3n. b} uszng snull whisk brnorn.
‘oth parts pare easily and thoroughly
Elli-Shed. It is tilled instantly. It can be
_g up out of the dirt on an
null 'or hook. ordinary
Price. 1 gallon size, 60c; 2 gallon size,
(We.
HENPRIEND DRIXKIXG FOUNTAIN.
Can be used also as a feed box. Size
:10. 1. 60¢; size No. 2. 50c; size No. 3,
c.
SANITARY SELF-FEEDING BOXES
1'0]! POULTRY.
manufactured from the
bid “I ' 'lron. It car;I banging?
W “guy‘s! any“: F. mm-
' ~- , THE BARTELoEs seeped, D'ENVER, COLO.
Drinking Fountains
THE “COLORADO”
FOUNTAIN.—0ne plece.
Half gallon. each 250;
one gallon. each, 350.
Special brooder size.
holds about 1% quarts,
fits inside brooder. Same
price as half gallon.
CYPHER’S VALL
FOUNTAIN.
It is manufactured
from the best galvan-
ized iron and flattened
On one side so that it
can be hung on a board
or the wall of a build-
ing. at any height. A galvanized iron hood projects over the
Water receptacle and protects the water from dirt. It in
equally serviceable for young chickens or adult [owls It
cannot be broken by freezing. and is easily cleaned by till-
ing with round pebbles or shot and shaking thoroughly. It
1’31 333418 in two sizes. Price. 1 gal. size, each 750; 2 gal. also.
DAVIS FOOD AND WATER FOUNTAIN
The Colorado.
One of the most handy fixtures for poultrymen. Can be
filled with water or feed. It consists of an iron frame. into
which any kind or bottle or mason jar is inverted. and can
be hung anywhere. See illustrations. Price. frame only.
250: by mail, 30c.
FEED AND WATER JARS.
Plain, made of stoneware, holding about 1% quarts. For
either feed or water. Very easy to keep clean. '83:! inches
-u- 11.4..“ 9 (nr ‘250- 1 dozen. 81.40.

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