The Catskill Chronicle

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY (September 29, 2012) – Post WW II, there were over 400 egg farms in Sullivan County, NY. New York State was the 3rd largest producer of eggs in the US with Sullivan County as the largest producer.

Today only 2 egg  farms remain.

This documentary website is an informal history of egg farms in Sullivan County as described in the interviews of egg farmers, their children and individuals who worked in the companion hatcheries, wholesalers, starter pullet, meat bird and brooder farms as well as at Inter-County Feed Coop.

Included are photographs of surviving coops and locations, personal snapshots from those interviewed as well as ephemera from trade publications and periodicals, books, postcards and press photographs.

The Sullivan County Egg Basket website can be found at: www.eggbasket-scny.us