Want to learn about and promote urban chicken keeping;
Enjoy coordinating fun events;
Would like meeting with chicken enthusiasts, nursery owners, bike guides, t-shirt designers and more;
Get excited about creating flyers & making google maps;
Want to organize our 7th annual Tour de Coops!
What we’re looking for:
Strong organizational skills
The ability to work independently and cooperatively
Dependability and follow-through
A time commitment of 4-10hrs/week
Internship runs from February - July, 2010
Is this You?
Send resume and letter of interest to Rodney Bender at GrowingGardens; email rodney@growing-gardens.org or send to 2003 NE 42nd Ave., Apt 3; Portland, OR97213. We will contact you if we want to set up an interview.
Saturday, July 25
11am-3pm
This is a fun and affordable community event for you, your whole family and all your friends! Chicken owners throughout Portland will open their yards so you can see their coops and meet their chickens.
The Tour de Coops is a self-guided tour; you'll have the opportunity to visit up to 25 backyard chicken coops all over East Portland - getting to know your neighbors while learning and sharing urban chicken keeping ideas.
You can also enter the raffle to win one of two coops (made by local coop designers!), chicken feed and/or gift certificates donated by local nurseries and feed stores!
Save the gas! There will be several coop 'clusters' in close proximity to one another, making it easier to bike or walk the Tour de Coops!
Pre-sale tickets available at the following locations, starting Friday, July 17:
Booklet sales will continue on Saturday, July 25 from 10:30am-1:00pm.
Tour de Coops T-shirts, stickers, and raffle tickets will also be for sale on the day-of. If you buy your booklet in advance, make sure to stop by one of the locations above!
Price: $10/booklet. Booklets include addresses & descriptions of each coop and maps with suggested Tour routes, including safe bike routes!
Raffle: $5/ticket or 3/$10. Sold separately, and available at all five pre-sale locations, starting on July 17. You could win one of two Grand Prizes - a coop created by John Wright or John Carr, two of Portland's coop design experts!
Win one of these coops! (Designers from left: John Wright, John Carr)
Many thanks to the generous sponsors who made this year's Tour possible!
After the tour, come see the chicken movie sensation that is sweeping the nation!
Mad City Chickens is a serious yet whimsical look at the people who keep chickens in their backyards. From experts and authors to a rescued landfill hen and an inexperienced family that decides to take the poultry plunge, it's a whirlwind trip through the world of backyard chickendom.
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4306 N. Williams
8pm | July 25th
$5 suggested donation
21 and over only
The Tour de Coops is organized by Growing Gardens staff and volunteers. All proceeds from The Tour de Coops go to Growing Gardens, helping us continue providing the services to our community through our various programs. For more information on our programs, visit our Programs page.
Advanced Urban Chicken Keeping
Monday, July 13th, 6:00-8:00pm
Designed for chicken owners with some experience; troubleshoot problems with your hens’ health and home at an established North Portland coop.
Portland Chickens!
Upcoming Events 2009:
Lead and Chickens
It is just as important to test soil for lead where your chickens live or where they are ranging as it is to test garden soil.. Protect yourself and your family- For lead testing resources click lead info
Avian Flu Concerns?
To read notes from the Avian Flu Forum held April 2006,click here
is a group of volunteers who seek to promote the joy of chickens and freedom to design and build small structures without permit requirements. We are passionate about Urban Chickens for many reasons, here are a few: They bring us closer to the chain of life, they make great pets, fresh eggs, fertilizer for the garden, and they are Voracious Insect Eaters.
The group has found a perfect match with non-profit Growing Gardens. Sign up for the Growing Gardens newsletter to receive information on Upcoming Portland Chicken Events!
Backyard Chicken Keepers Unite!
Access support, friendship, ideas, and resources online at Portland Backyard Chickens!
Finally, you can stop making your friends' eyes glaze over with stories about your wonderful flock--we actually want to hear it!
To subscribe, send an email to PDXBackyardChix-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or contact the list owner at Halfway2Avalon@aol.com.
Portland Backyard Chickens is not a part of Portland Chickens or Growing Gardens
*Expect three chickens to consume a 50 lb bag of feed every 2 to 3 months.
*A 50 pound bag of organic layer feed is now $25, and chick feed about $30.
*Your chickens will also need shavings for bedding (avoid cedar) and straw for the nesting boxes (make sure that the straw is not contaminated by the herbicide clopyralid.)
Welcome to PORTLAND CHICKENS!
