a chicken windmill weight

What is a windmill weight? Look at the horse at one end of the windmill. Windmill weights are typically heavy cast iron animals. Antique collectors use to drive all the way to the country looking to buy old wind mills for their weights.


Hummer chicken windmill weights came out in the late 1800's. It has been a wanted collectible item. A real original old one brings about a thousand dollars. However real ones are hard to come by. We have reproduced the hummer style 8 LB chicken windmill weight with cast iron and painted them with rust color paint.
They are not antique but certainly give your garden a cool look and make people stop.

Please visit our ebay store rustyandweathered.

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