02 Apr 7th Annual Funky Chicken Coop Tour on April 4th

7th Annual Funky Chicken Coop Tour®

Tour highlights chickens as zero waste and gardening partners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 4, 2015 marks the 7th Annual Funky Chicken Coop Tour®. Visitors can come to events at Coop Tour Headquarters located at Sunshine Community Gardens, 4814 Sunshine Drive, Austin, Texas 78756. This year’s tour highlights chickens as both zero waste and gardening partners.
 
There will be a full day of free family and educational activities at Tour Headquarters, including a speaker series, live poultry, and educational and sponsor booths. Classes will include backyard chicken husbandry, home composting and gardening with your best feathered friend. Join us at noon for a family-friendly puppet show of Austin author Keith Grave’s Chicken Big, performed by Literature LIVE!
 
This year’s coop tour will have 10 coop stops across Austin.  Tickets are sold per person and are on sale now, both online and at in-store locations. Tickets purchased prior to Tour day are at an early bird price of $8/person. Tickets will be $10/person on Tour Day. Ages 12 and under are free. 

Online ticket sales have exclusive offers, including automatic entry on Tour Day into a drawing to win a deluxe coop and special savings on 4-pack ticket packages. Visit our website for more information.
 
FCCT is an event of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Urban Poultry Association of Texas, Inc., and welcomes your donations. More information is available at AustinCoopTour.org.
 

About FCCT
The Funky Chicken Coop Tour®, founded in 2009, is an annual self guided tour held each spring on Easter weekend in Austin, Texas, by the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization the Urban Poultry Association of Texas, Inc. The purpose of this tour is to encourage city residents to raise chickens at home by demonstrating the many ways that chicken (and other poultry) housing can be incorporated into urban residence without violating city ordinances or creating a nuisance. Many tour hosts demonstrate how to incorporate chickens and their manure into a household gardening and composting regimen that results in inexpensive, healthy and sustainable food, even in relatively small spaces.

Website: AustinCoopTour.org
Facebook: facebook.com/AustinFunkyChickenCoopTour Instagram: instagram.com/AustinCoopTour
Flickr: flickr.com/AustinCoopTour
YouTube: youtube.com/AustinCoopTour
Meetup: meetup.com/AustinBackyardPoultry
 
 
About Sunshine Community Gardens
Sunshine Community Gardens has been in existence since 1979 with over 200 garden plots on approximately 3 acres of land leased from Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI).