Kitale Chicken Coop - The Story

We have pictures online here

Well, it’s been a few weeks since we got back from Kitale, so I figure it was time to let everyone know how the construction of Kitale Chicken Coop went!

It wasn’t long after we arrived in Kitale that I was reminded that flexibility is the key when visiting foreign countries! While the building supplies took a little time to get to us, that gave Dean (CCG-Coop Construction Guru) time to work on an idea to build a larger coop that would not only be a blueprint that could be reproduced by other people on mission, but a coop that would be two-storeys!. The new coop names flowed freely, such as “SuperCoop” and “Coop de Ville”.

To make this reproduclible meant a lot less welding and a lot more bolts, but it also meant that it could be transported, so we built it at a friend’s (Steve Rutenbar) house where all the equipment was.

The final location of the coop also changed as we were not able to build at Mercy Orphanage. The new location we ended up at was a great location for the coop, as we knew the people would take care of the chickens and ensure that this venture was a win for them.
Sister Frida’s Cottage Hospital was the new location, and we were excited to provide them with the coop. Not only does the hospital care for hundreds of people coming in from the surrounding villages, but during the day, every day it loves on, educates and feeds over 60 needy children from the surrounding villages.

We had a great time working on the initial construction , but our time in Kitale ended before we were able to see the chicken coop in it’s completed stage at it’s final location, but Dean stayed to see it’s completion and took lot’s of pictures for us.

The coop is now the proud home to over 150 chickens and we left them enough feed to last them six months. There are about 100 broilers (chickens to eat) and 60 layers (chickens that lay eggs), as well as a few chickens and roosters in a special section of the coop we like to call “The Love Room”. The word around the surrounding community at the hospital is that people would like a home designed similar to the chicken coop! (because of the size and construction, not because of the Love Room)

We were privileged to be able to serve the people of Kitale, and are already excited to head back there!