Any New Yorkers out there?

[McGoo]

Kim,
Wow, great mix of chicks. I'll have to come by and meet them sometime. If you're ever down my way, I'd love to have you come by. I'm right off the Taconic pkwy.



Colleen

 

[farmnut]

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hi guys,shirley-mastic here.

 

[2manyhats]

Welcome farmnut. Warning, this place is addictive.

 

[what was i thinking]

pennellville on river. my side oswego county the other side (150 ft away) onondaga county. dh said i could get some chickens (meaning about six) and i came home with 42! had them about six weeks and am trying to figure what new ones to add.

 

[GinaNY]

Hi! I'm so glad to see so many New Yorkers and some hear me, at least not too far

I'm Gina and live in Mamaroneck, in Westchester County. And just beginning a battle to have a few hens. I'd love to take a ride and meet some 'chicken folks' and see how they're raising their chickens.

 

[SandraMort]

heyhey, I'm in Saugerties and have a big enough property to host a processing party any time!

 

[ears73]

Hi Gina!

I am in westchester as well, pound ridge! Welcome!

I feel like a new egg myself, but I have learned so much here since April when we put in an order for chicks........ Now we keep adding to the bunch -17 in all. Ours just started to lay the first week of October! Yay!

 

[GinaNY]

how exciting - I'm getting my education from a friend in Louisiana and she's sharing step by step since she got her chicks -

I have to get a presentation together for my local board and decide on a coup set up. We have lots of raccoons to be concerned about, so I want to be very thorough in what I decide on presenting to them - I don't want them to have any 'safety and cleanliness' issues.

I bought Storey's guide and the health guide and am reading all I can, but I've never seen a real hen house in action - unless of course I go to LA and visit ;-)

 

[ears73]

Well, if you are interested, you are welcome to come over and see mine -pm me if you'd like.

The Journal News (a paper near here, not sure if it covers your area) is doing an article on raising backyard chickens and they interviewed me (among others) yesterday... I have a coop web site that I began when this whole chicken thing came about - www.cooping-it.blogspot.com We still have a few more things to do on it, but it sounds like the same idea as your L.A. friend.

Also, a local farm gave a talk on raising backyard chickens this past spring -I am sure they will do it again: rainbeau ridge. They have a web site too.

Also, this place has been super helpful in terms of other people's experiences across the U.S. very cool!

I hope you get board approval... if not, there is always the "stealth coop"!

 

[GinaNY]

I would LOVE to see your chickens - truly. If weekends are good, Sundays are good for me, or I'll take a day off from work in Oct to have some uninterrupted time. I work in the city. The Journal News is our paper too. I hope the article is in the lower hudson issue. Who is the reporter - I'll e-mail them to see when your article is being published.

I made a decision I won't sneak chickens because I know I'll be bonded to them and would never give them up if there were a problem. For all the taxes we pay, this should be a non-issue shouldn't it?