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| In the map above, the dark balloons indicate ticket locations (only available on May 17) and the white balloons are coop locations. |
2008 Coop Descriptions |
| Nearest Ticket Site: CupAJoe: 2109-142 Avent Ferry Road, in the lower level of Mission Valley Shopping Center |
| All Coops listed below are within 5 minutes of this Ticket location. |
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1. New on the Tour in 2008! Seven bright-eyed beauties, five different breeds, six different colorings: our chicken yard is as diverse as our family. Chickens provide a focus for garden meditation, manure for compost, unbeatable eggs, and connection to where food comes from for our 3 year old son. Our hens have a view of their own mural or the evolving vegetable and perennial gardens that are in their second growing season. Our chicken house was designed for chicken-comfort, and caretaker ease. |
2. New on the Tour in 2008! Brand new to the tour with brand new chickens! Our chicks hatched at the end of February and have grown into wonderful pets with individual personalities. We never knew chickens would sit on your lap! Come see our backyard birds and ask us about raising chicks and building a coop. You can also enjoy the antics of the unforgettable Chickenman and his poultry posse during your visit to our coop. |
3. New on the Tour in 2008! Welcome to my paradise. I love chickens, and I am a youth coop host. I have four Golden Sebright hens which are a year old. The hens were advertised for free to a 4-H youth. They lay small crème eggs, and they love to fly up high to perch. Now, I spend my time reading and raising chickens. Educational displays, 4-H information, and maybe more chickens await your visit. |
4. Our seven beautiful cluckers are an integral part of our 0.18 acre "farm." They eat all our food scraps so we can use paper trash bags, and give us glorious compost in return! The eggs far surpass the best storebought. Our colorful coop has a water catchment system that rocks! We love our rainbow eggs laid by Araucanas/Ameraucanas, Rhode Island Red, Black and Red Star, Barred Rock and one mystery chick. |
5. Come and find out what all the cackle is about! If you don't think you have enough room to raise chickens, come check out our yard and coop. Chickens are the only pets we have that work for a living, and reward our attention with an egg nearly every day. |
6. New on the Tour in 2008! I have an array of 14 young pullets; Ameraucanas, Rhode Island Reds, Buff Orphingtons, and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Come see the new flock on the block, preparing to go into lay later this summer, and see how our new additions will tie into our garden composting and fertilizing needs. The coop is attractively built using mostly salvaged materials. It is designed to maximize convenience and passive heating and cooling. |
| Nearest Ticket Site : Seaboard ACE Hardware: 802 Semart Drive, across from Logan 's Nursery |
| Nearest Ticket Site: Ornamentea: 509 N. West Street, one block south of Peace Street |
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We went on the tour two years ago and were hooked immediately. By the end of the summer we had five Brahma Bantam chicks and our chicken adventure began. We built a chicken “tractor” and a coop ourselves (our first building projects ever). Then we built two large compost bins. Come see these simple building projects that almost anyone can do. Also see our worm-composting bin (vermiculture) and get information about how to start your own. It's both relaxing and entertaining sitting in the yard watching our girls' antics, and we have the added bonus of beautiful small brown eggs and great compost! |
8. New on the Tour in 2008! Chicken ownership has proven to be more fun than we originally thought. Our three large-breed hens are surprisingly devoted companions, whether they're playing with the kids, sunbathing with our two Labs and tabby cat, or staying close at hand while we work in the garden. They've even wandered in to watch TV! This spring we've added a flock of bantam chicks and renovated a playhouse for their new coop. |
9. New on the Tour in 2008! Come meet our four hens Chichi, Picnic, Lacy, and Turkey Lurkey (a chicken). Each hen lays a different shaped egg according to her body type (we imagine). Chichi is the most consistent and we get a beautiful little blue egg from her almost every day. The hens' favorite pastime is to search the pine-straw for worms and whatever other creatures come up in the scratching. They also go crazy for long noodles and grapes. The chickens have also helped contribute to our compost greatly and we can't wait to use it this year on the vegetable garden. |
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New on the Tour in 2008! Come see our ladies! These girls (all hens in this brood) share a walk-in coop that was designed to match the workshop and house on the property (see photo above). It comes complete with a skylight in the run and a rainwater recovery system for drinking. In the morning, the ladies have a fenced-in backyard to roam in and a cat to keep them company. During the day, they have their own personal watchdog protecting them as they lounge in the run. I truly enjoy watching them interact with each other, the other animals and people. The chickens are a joy and the eggs aren't bad either! |
| 11. New on the Tour in 2008! We have five rare heirloom Dominique chickens. Old-timers often called them “Domineckers.” North American colonists made these black and white barred beauties, with unusual rose combs, their chickens of choice. Well known for their hardiness and ability to forage for food even in the most difficult of conditions, our girls have it quite a bit easier in their safe, secure, yet economical home. In return, they provide us with four to five large, brown eggs a day and take care of our kitchen wastes. Don't buy a compost bin – buy a Dominecker! |
| Nearest Ticket Site: Whole Foods Market: 3540 Wade Avenue, in the Ridgewood Shopping Center |
12. New on the Tour in 2008! We got our first chickens last summer and, learning as we went, built a mobile coop and run based on a photo in a magazine. We now have a dozen chickens: Ameraucanas (“Easter Eggers”), Rhode Island Reds, Silver Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons and bantam Salmon Faverolles, which give us a rainbow of 6-10 eggs per day. Meet Quincy, our surprisingly tame Ameraucana rooster and Nancy Drew, the most inquisitive of hens. |
13. New on the Tour in 2008! Chickens in the backyard? Easy as 1-2-3! We jumped into this "fowl" idea on a lark - and we constructed our hen house and chicken run within a week! We now have four of the cutest Barred Rock bitties in town. The chicks love their cozy digs under the deck and our children make sure everyone gets a workout in our fenced yard at least once a day. We are enjoying watching the little hens grow and are looking forward to fresh egg omelets in August. |
14. New on the Tour in 2008! We have five hens - two Rhode Island Reds, two Araucanas and one Delaware. They are about 1½ years old and provide all the eggs we need - and we eat a lot of eggs! They stay in their run while we are away, but get to range in the backyard when we are at home. They are all very friendly because the kids play with them often - teaching tricks, performing chicken IQ tests and just holding them on their laps. We have streamlined our routine by getting them an automatic door that lets them out of their coop after sunrise and locks them up safely after sunset. |
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Tour the Chicken United Nations, a worldwide array featuring hens and roosters originating from China, India, England, Ancient Rome and more modern Italy, the Netherlands, Egypt, Belgium, Japan, Indonesia, and the USA. In our United Nations, they all get along. |
| Nearest Ticket Site: Steven B. Andreaus, DDS , PA: 1637 Glenwood Avenue , across from the Rialto Theater |
16. New on the Tour in 2008! Come one, come all to "Koop's Coop," where you can chat with our three Brahma bantam hens, see their home and the gardens they nourish, learn how to make a rain barrel, see our vermiculture recycling project (using red worms) and get a feel for all you can do on an urban lot to reduce waste and enhance our environment. |
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Our four Girlie Girls are from Angier and Four Oaks and have taken well to urban life. Their eggs make the best quiche and extras get traded for locally grown tomatoes. The hen house is built from all re-used material. A member of the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (albc-usa.org) will be on site to share information about this organization and its mission to conserve rare breeds and genetic diversity in livestock. |
18. Chickens are a wonderful addition to the family. They are fun to watch, not much trouble, and children love them. And they give a little back to the family through their eggs (not to mention the poop for the compost). We have a bantam Blue Andalusian and two standard Rhode Island Reds. |
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Our four Brahma bantam hens live in a miniature Five Points bungalow. Because of visibility from the street and placement in the garden, aesthetics is as important as function. The paint, siding, shingles, and window style match our home. Most days the girls get some outside time to search the backyard for earthworms and graze on grass while we keep watch for hawks. |
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Living with chickens helps urban people nurture their vital earth connection. Our flock are not just pets, but an integral part of our garden and a link to natural cycles. Nothing is wasted, and all is appreciated. Come experience the "flowers of the poultry world." |
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