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Sunshine, Sarah, and Chickee-Chickee

This blog is about our chickens: Timothy, Sunshine, Sarah, and Chickee-Chickee. You CAN have chickens in San Francisco. You can legally have four -- so we have four. We only meant to get two chickens at first. However, we found that once the neighbors learned about our plans, a big concern was how to ensure we had enough eggs to share with the household. To be safe, Tom wanted his own chicken. So, we were up to a future flock of three.

Then, we started thinking about the coop. What should it look like? How should we build it? I wanted to make it a family construction project -- to get my Dad involved, to let Kevin play with power tools, to have the kids see what it looks like to make things your self. Our fantastically creative and energetic neighbors, Jay and Kyle, are very into do-it-yourself home improvement projects, so Jay has all the power tools you would need for a job like this. I knew we needed Jay on board for the coop building. Their son, Cobalt, is Roan's best friend. We offered a chicken in exchange for services. They were more than happy with the arrangement.

All we needed now were the chicks, and to build a coop...