Tour de Coops

On Saturday, Brandon and I did Tour de Coops, a self guided tour of urban backyard chicken coops in Salt Lake City which was sponsored by Wasatch Community Gardens. We are interested in having a chicken coop ourselves (cause it would be a pet that actually produces something!) but not with where we currently live as we don't have much room and it is against HOA rules and is also not allowed in SL County.


Here is one of the pet chickens that was roaming about.



Not many of the coops were in walking distance of each other so we were constantly getting in and out of the car. Even though the carseat, it was easier to lug it around than getting Lucy strapped in and out and she was also sleeping the majority of the time.



Every home that had a coop also had gardens as well and some even had beehives. It was amazing to see the variation of design from one home to another.


We took a little side trip to Gilgal Sculpture Gardens because one of the coops was located right next to it. Neither of us had been there before and it was pretty interesting to see Joseph Smith as a sphinx. There were lots of scriptures carved into stone. It's admirable that someone would be so inspired to invest so much money and time into making works of art in dedication to his faith.
This coop was designed by an architect and was one of the nicest. He was also one of the few with beehives as well. Who knew you could have all this with city living?