JD Vance’s Chicken Coop Is About More Than Just Chickens

JD Vance’s Chicken Coop Is About More Than Just Chickens

By Mollie Engelhart via The Daily Signal | June 19, 2026 After hearing that Vice President JD Vance had installed a chicken coop at the Naval Observatory, some people treated it as a political statement, but I suspect it is something much simpler. Recent estimates suggest roughly 11 million American households keep backyard chickens. That means the chicken coop behind the vice president’s residence is not unusual. The unusual thing is how many A…