Fischer anticipates both children will incorporate their experiences into school science reports on subjects ranging from ways to maximize egg-laying to analyzing the waste cycle and how composting chicken manure can reduce waste and be part of sustainable agriculture. He speculates about projects to investigate whether pecking order is related to intelligence or to compare running times by building a maze.
It’s one big tour, but it’s also been sub-divided into three neighborhood tours. One loop takes visitors to nine coops in Grant Park and Ormewood Park; nine coops are also on tour within Virginia-Highland, Morningside, and Inman Park; 10 more coops await you in the Decatur area. A $25 ticket-booklet gives you access to all the coops on the full tour (plus maps, addresses and coop descriptions); admission is good for both days. Kids 12 and younger will be admitted free with adults.
“Over the years, the animal shelter has occasionally found a stray or had to acquire chickens that are not being properly cared for,” Mumaw says, noting that none have been from licensed hen owners.
If you go: Urban Coop Tour, noon-5pm Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 24-25). Ticket-booklets ($25) include all info and are available at Garden*Hood, 353 Boulevard SE, 404-880-9848 ;Intown Hardware, 854 N. Highland Ave. NE, 404-874-5619; Intown ACE Hardware, 1404 Scott Boulevard SE, 404-378-6006, and Oakhurst Community Garden, 435 Oakview Road, Decatur, 404-371-1920, www.oakhurstgarden.org, www.urbancooptour.com.
Class 2: Getting Your Hen into the StockpotAt some point your hens are going to stop laying and it will be time to figure out what happens next— CD Neighbor Knox Gardner will show you how easy it is to get your backyard chickens ready for the stew pot. It’s not pretty, but if you’re eating meat and like chicken noodle soup, this class will show you how it’s done. Please wear clothes you can get a little dirty if you’re going to help pluck feathers.
Chicken ownership opens opportunities to learn other skill sets, including chicken-coop design and construction and wood-shaving making; these are projects that can be tackled at home or in a wood-shop class at school.
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