Vice President Vance Installs Custom Chicken Coop at Naval Observatory Residence
A custom coop matching the Victorian home was completed May 29 by Carolina Coops. The project was privately funded and includes a dozen baby chicks.
foxnews.comD. Vance has added a chicken coop and a dozen baby chicks to the Naval Observatory residence. The structure, completed May 29, was built to match the Victorian home where the second family lives.
Carolina Coops, a family-owned company based in Creedmoor, North Carolina, designed and installed the coop. The firm, founded in 2008 by Matt and Gnon DuBoise, recreated the residence’s round turret, green trim, and faux slate roof. Matthew DuBoise oversaw the installation and provided advice to the Vances.
He told the Associated Press on June 8 that the company received no taxpayer funds for the work. “It’s something I thought was amazing to do for this country,” DuBoise said. ” He added that he was pleased by the family’s reaction.
“I couldn’t have been happier to see that excitement,” DuBoise said. ” The Naval Observatory has served as the vice presidential residence since former Vice President Walter Mondale moved in during 1977. Vice presidents have lived on the 72-acre grounds since that year.
Vice President Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, have three children together, with a fourth child due in July. On the 2024 campaign trail, Vance joked that his two sons eat about 14 eggs every single morning. S.
Households keep backyard chickens. The Daily Wire first reported the addition of the coop.
