NY chicken lover!!!!

[Cass]

I live in Eastern Columbia county. 5 miles from Berkshire county Mass. Sharon CT is 40 minutes from us. I don't know where in CT your family is. We go to Manchester once or twice a year and that is a 2 hour drive. Hartford about 1.5 hours.
Our area is beautiful old farm country. 50 years ago there were 5 large chicken farms I know of within 5 miles of our house. 2 within 2 miles. Still some working small dairy farms. Lots of countryside. Hills, woods, fields, just nice. 35 minute ride to Albany. 20 minute ride to Pittsfield Mass. 10 minutes to Stockbridge Mass. Tanglewood is close if your into that kind of thing. My family moved to our property in 66. I'll probably die on the same land

Yup, that's where you want to live if you are commuting to CT and NYC and Albany. Google Columbia County. Mapquest from some town they meantion on Google and see what the commute is to the locations your hubby will have to visit. Columbia county is a beautiful area with lots to do, lots to see , lots of history and lots of land. Then you can go to the county fair with all of us. LOL

Edited to add: Nope...unless he doesn't mind an over 2 hour commute to Stamford and 3 to NYC(I mapquested it)....need to look further south....Peeksville? Did you know there is a thread for lower NY State. They all have chickens and might be able to give you better info about good areas down there.

 

[stonykill]

Yup, that's where you want to live if you are commuting to CT and NYC and Albany. Google Columbia County. Mapquest from some town they meantion on Google and see what the commute is to the locations your hubby will have to visit. Columbia county is a beautiful area with lots to do, lots to see , lots of history and lots of land. Then you can go to the county fair with all of us. LOL

us locals kinds skip the fair

. Yeah I forgot to add NYC is 2 to 2.5 hours depending on traffic.

 

[horsekeeper]

I travel all over NY for my job and I would advise being close to the train station in Renssalear right across the river from Albany. Sure is a lot easier to take the train to NYC. I here it is rural and nice east of Troy. Easy commute to Albany and closer to CT.

I live outside of Middleburgh in Schoharie County (up on a hill) and the last place you want to live is down in the valley where you get flooded out every couple of years. Irene pretty much destroyed Middleburgh and Schoharie. Check on flooding, high wind areas, bad winter roads, and crappy water (I have sulpher and iron) before you jump in.

 

[Henicillin]

If you two crochet how come you haven't joined any of the Granny Square swaps? I applied for job at Joannes nearby. Not sure I made a good impression on the woman who I suspect might bt the manager.

I could really use the job. Even if it's part time and doesn't pay much. I suspect the minimum wage will be going up sometime in the future.

Good luck, Rancher!

I crochet, but my granny squares are boring. I have a bunch of new square patterns on Pinterest, though. Once I go to night shift I'll have my days free (and every other week free) to take up crocheting and knitting again.

 

[Gramma Chick]

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Country Boy - Pretty Boys ..can wait to see how baby colors out

 

[Gramma Chick]

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[vmdanielsen]

I live in Eastern Columbia county. 5 miles from Berkshire county Mass. Sharon CT is 40 minutes from us. I don't know where in CT your family is. We go to Manchester once or twice a year and that is a 2 hour drive. Hartford about 1.5 hours.
Our area is beautiful old farm country. 50 years ago there were 5 large chicken farms I know of within 5 miles of our house. 2 within 2 miles. Still some working small dairy farms. Lots of countryside. Hills, woods, fields, just nice. 35 minute ride to Albany. 20 minute ride to Pittsfield Mass. 10 minutes to Stockbridge Mass. Tanglewood is close if your into that kind of thing. My family moved to our property in 66. I'll probably die on the same land

One of those chicken farms was my neighbor. It got washed away during a flood in the late forties. One of the others was 1/2 mile away.

 

[Lynzi777]

I am in Voorheesville.  10 minutes from Albany and Schenectady.  Small school (100 kids per grade) 20-23 per class.  Excellent reputation.  I have a child in high school, middle school and elemenatary and I work there too.  Property is very nice, typically rolling hills/edge of Helderberg Mountains.  Great drainage and fertile soils.  Rocky though.

I'm familiar with Voorheesville, we moved here from Latham so we were neighbors! I think the idea is to find a centralized location between the three cities and be about an hour to an hour and half from them. With the exception of NYC. That one may be the furthest away. Idk, this may be a toughy...

 

[Lynzi777]

Have to ask. What is CT?    Sorry you have to move again, but it's for his career, what can you do?  

I grew up without my father because he joined the military and my mother refused to leave Syracuse to follow him.  Not sure what my life would have been like had she done so.  I'm fairly certain I'd have ended up in a warmer climate. 

CT = Connecticut, it's where we are originally from. I said I would never leave now I'm saying I never wanna go back! LOL

 

[stonykill]

One of those chicken farms was my neighbor. It got washed away during a flood in the late forties. One of the others was 1/2 mile away.

what town did you grow up in? One building is still standing 1/2 mile from me. The other one that was that close collapsed when I was really young. The others are just foundations now.