A local Backyard chicken group has organized its
THIRD Coop Tour to show people backyard chickens. This community outreach seems a good wayt o show people how they can go about starting their own chicken program. Sadly it pretty much has to already be legal to do something like this.
Walk it. Drive it. Or bike it. Alameda Backyard Chickens has teamed up once again with Bike Alameda to sponsor the Coop Tour 2011.
It's the third running of the event showcasing eight homes -- along a nearly four-mile trek -- that have a variety of chickens and chicken coops proudly displayed in their yards. Its purpose: to educate Island residents about raising and keeping backyard chickens.
"It's not as straight forward as it sounds. You have to have a safe, clean place for them to sleep. The coop has to be safe from predators like raccoons, aggressive neighborhood cats or chicken hawks," said Jacqueline Cooper, 48, a two-year member of Alameda Backyard Chickens and co-organizer of the tour. "I have an aviary coop, one woman has a tiki themed coop, another has a much more developed urban farmstead with meat rabbits and vegetable plots. So, it's to show people a variety of coops, chickens and answer any questions they may have about raising their own."
Angry Chicken finds his short legs make biking hard....so very angry.
A local Backyard chicken group has organized its THIRD Coop Tour to show people backyard chickens. This community outreach seems a good wayt o show people how they can go about starting their own chicken program. Sadly it pretty much has to already be legal to do something like this.
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