Vance adds a chicken coop to the vice president's residence, along with a dozen baby chicks
The donated coop was custom-built without taxpayer money and includes a dozen chicks as Vance’s family adds its own imprint to the residence.
- Vice President JD Vance has added a chicken coop and 12 chicks to his residence at the Naval Observatory. The custom-built structure, completed May 29, features a round turret and faux slate roof designed to match the Victorian home.
- Carolina Coops, a North Carolina company, donated the structure, with owner Matthew DuBoise overseeing design and installation. DuBoise designed the henhouse to mirror the residence's 19th-century architecture, calling the project an "American dream" moment.
- Vice presidents have long customized the 72-acre Naval Observatory grounds. Previous additions include Joe Biden's heritage garden, Karen Pence's beehives, Kamala Harris' pink library wallpaper, and Dan Quayle's heated swimming pool installed in 1991.
- The project utilized no taxpayer funds, according to sources familiar with the installation. Local 4-H students taught children about the new coop during a family event held over the weekend at the residence.
- A 2025 American Pet Products Association survey found 11 million households own backyard chickens. During the 2024 campaign, Vance frequently cited egg prices to illustrate inflation, joking his sons eat about 14 eggs daily.
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Vance adds chicken coop, chicks at Naval Observatory residence
Vice President Vance reportedly has a new side gig, with the second family getting a chicken coop installed at its Naval Observatory residence. Dozens of chicks are reportedly now living in a coop designed to look like the Victorian home at the Naval Observatory. The Daily Wire first reported Sunday that Carolina Coops, a family-owned…
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