Backyard Chicken Stories from Scott Vanderlip
Channel: Ellie Van Houtte
Date: 19/10/2012

Produced by Ellie Van Houtte for the Los Altos Town Crier

Los Altos Hills resident Scott Vanderlip estimates that about one in every five homes in Los Altos Hills has backyard chickens.  

Enjoy this entertaining video on why he's become a "coopster". In addition to sharing the joys that result from caring for a brood of feathered friends, Vanderlip also shares the inspiration for the Silicon Valley Tour De Coop.  Scheduled for Oct. 27, 2012, the Tour De Coop will take cyclists on tours of chicken coops and gardens in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Palo Alto.  For details on the event, visit http://tourdecoop.org/.

Our video is a followup to a story on the backyard chicken movement in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills published in the Los Altos Town Crier's Oct. 10 print paper.  The article is available online at http://www.losaltosonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44507&Itemid=47.