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Chicken coops tour is June 19
Fifteen Salem residents will showcase their backyards as part of the inaugural Capitol City Chicken Coop & Garden Tour.
The tours will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 19 at various locations.
Coop tours include booklets with color pictures, descriptions and a map of the 15 stops and a suggested route.
Visitors can expect to see chicken tractors, mobile coops, greenhouses, composters, beekeeping operations and more.
Award-winning writer Gretchen Anderson will kick off the event with a signing of her latest book, The Backyard Chicken Fight.
The book chronicles the battles between municipalities and chicken supporters who want to keep backyard hens.
Cost is $7. Tickets can be purchased at 13th Street Nursery, Pet Etc. and Champion Feed in Salem; Old Mill Feed & Garden in Dallas; Cooper Creek Mercantile in Keizer, or by email to
[email protected].
For more information, visit
salemchickens.com .