Building a chicken coop at The Dorset School

Building a chicken coop at The Dorset School

 

How do you get fresh eggs on a school menu? Students at The Dorset School, in Dorset VT, did it by researching, designing and building their own school chicken coop. They crowd-sourced donations for materials and had some hands-on help from community members, and now The Dorset School is home to some very happy chickens. We talked with some of the students involved in this project, about what they learned.

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Any other schools out there with advice for new coop builders?

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