Event

Event Name	Chicks in the City
Event Subtitle	A Self-Guided Tour of Urban Chicken Coops
Host	Georgia Organics
Date	May 3, 2008
Time	1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description	ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Day-of tickets can be purchased Saturday morning, May 3, from 8-11am at the Morningside Farmer Market. Visit http://www.morningsidemarket.com/ or the Organic Directory listing for market directions. NOTE: YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN TOUR SITES! Event will be held rain or shine!! You can bike it; you can drive it. Take an afternoon self-guided tour of urban chicken coops from Atlanta to Decatur, and talk with homeowners about their flock experiences. It's quirky, it's fun, and hey, it's all about chickens! Attendees from that morning's Chicks in the City class at Oakhurst Community Garden can register for the afternoon tour at a reduced rate. Visit www.oakhurstgarden.org for more info. Site Descriptions Oakhurst Using salvaged hardwood planks from an old barn in North Georgia, this coop houses nineteen birds: Buff Orpingtons, Araucana, Rhode Island Reds, Black Austrlorps, and a few mysteries. The weathered, tin-topped coop is located in the orchard, and is adjacent to the compost bins which the chickens pick thru – and aerate! Their first pen, a chicken tractor, has since been converted to a rabbit hutch. Oakhurst The Oakhurst Community Garden Project hosts a coop community of five adult chickens and a gaggle of three-month-old chicks. Members of Team Chicken will be on hand to answer questions about how several families can cooperatively tend a flock. This popular coop’s residents include Rhode Islands Reds, Buff Orpingtons, Cinnamon Queens, and other breeds. Oakhurst This family started their poultry experience under a year ago. Blending a passion for low-tech building projects with an avid interest in fresh local food, their coop is fashioned largely with reclaimed materials, including an industrial machine pallet, dismantled fences, and reclaimed windows and doors. The resulting rustic and functional house is home to five hens—three Rhode Island Reds (Happy, Doc, and Sleepy) and two Buff Orpingtons (Cassie and Sun). Kirkwood: With its cedar shake roof, dutch door, a cupola, and rooster weathervane, this coop serves as the focal point of the kitchen garden. The flock includes Cinnamon Queen hens and a rooster along with some new residents: two-month-old Auracana, Dark Brahma, and Anconas chicks. The site is an Audubon wildlife sancutary with a butterfly garden, creek, turtle pond, shade garden, and beehives. East Atlanta Dedicated urban agrarians, this family maintains a flock of ten laying hens in a backyard coop fashioned from a single sheet of plywood augmented with salvaged materials such as office paneling, old window sashes, and a retro-fit bathroom exhaust fan. Their flock includes Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rock breeds, and in 2007 was joined by Annie and Ella, two dairy goats that provide the family of four with milk and cheeses. Virginia Highlands Two Rhode Island Reds share an eglu – an innovative prefab chicken condo of sorts – in a family complete with two Jack Russell terriers. Nestled among the azaleas, the low coop blends into the landscape and is hard to spot from the house … until the chickens rush out! Old Fourth Ward Seven adult hens were joined last fall by a variety pack of two dozen chicks. The resulting flock of various breeds currently shares a free-range bliss lifestyle, sans-coop, in an extensive backyard with two Nigerian dwarf goats, a dog, a barn, and a doghouse now converted for chicken use. Grant Park Last summer, four hens came home to roost in this walk-in hoophouse coop complete with disco mirror ball. Their shelter, easily constructed from scrap lumber and fencing panels, can be moved throughout the yard that the birds—a Buff Orpington, Jersey Black Giant, Auracana, and Rhode Island Red—share with two beehives.
Cost	$15 members (of Georgia Organics or Oakhurst Community Garden), $20 non-members, $5 for kids 8 and up. Kids under 8 are free.
Location Info	various Atlanta, GA  30312
Contact Info	Tel: 678.702.0400 Email: info@georgiaorganics.org	< Go Back