Zimmer Farm
Location:
882 Route 443 Gallupville, NY 12073
Contact:
John and Kirsten Sanchirico
518-872-9287
Sanchirico2002@yahoo.com
Specialty:
Brown Eggs, Fresh poultry including chicken, turkey.
Bio and History
Zimmer Farms history dates back to the late thirties and early forties when the farms founder Chet Zimmer constructed the first of several poultry barns on his property along the Kings Creek in Gallupville and began selling eggs throughout the area. He expanded his enterprise to include the sale of baby chicks which he bred and incubated here at the farm and sold to many of the local farmers to renew their flocks each spring. It was only with the advent of the modern giant caged chicken factories during the fifties and sixties that it became impossible for Mr. Zimmer to compete and operate profitably any longer as a small farming business. In the late sixties, he had to make the hard choice to shut the farm down completely.
The barns and land lay fallow and free of chickens until about ten years ago when my wife and I first acquired the property. That first year we bought just twelve chickens in the spring for fun, and then fifty the next year and then a hundred the following and so on. It is only because of the the increasing awareness and understanding of the importance of the source and the quality of the food that we are eating that it is possible to bring this old farm back into operation. But of course there is a lot more to this story, stop by the farm sometime and we can fill in the bits and pieces of how me and my wife wound up becoming chicken farmers.
Where to find our products:
Our eggs can be found at:
- The Carrot Barn at Schoharie Valley Farms
- The Old Corner Store in Gallupville
- Indian Ladder Farms in Altamont
- The Honest Weight Food Coop in Albany
- The Schoharie Country Store on Main Street
- The Londonderry Cafe at Stuyvesant Plaza in Albany
Our eggs are also available here at the farm, by appointment or on our scheduled poultry pickup dates(on poultry order form). We are located in the heart of Gallupville at 882 Route 443, look for the sign with the Chicken on top. Please call ahead for chicken availability if you have not reserved, as we often sell out very quickly.
All poultry is personally processed on the farm and sold whole by the pound.
What´s in Season?
We offer our Brown Eggs year round and produce farm fresh poultry including chicken and turkey. All poultry is personally processed on the farm and sold whole by the pound. We also sell additional products in our on the farm shop including; Kirstens Bees Wax Candles, Dawns Honey and our own Maple Syrup while supplies last.
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