[CHICKENS CLUCKING] ♪ SEAN: YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THINGS ARE GOING TO THE CHICKEN MORE AND MORE AROUND NEW HAMPSHIRE. [CLUCKING] >> CHICKENS MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. PEOPLE GET AN EGG A DAY. THEY EAT TABLE SCRAPS. THEY EAT A LOT OF BUGS AROUND THE YARD. THEY EAT A LOT OF TICKS. SEAN: JASON AND HIS TEAM AND MEREDITH BUILD FANCY HOMES FOR FEATHERED FRIENDS. >> THIS ONE HAS INTERIOR BOXES. SEAN: HE HAS TURNED HEN HOUSES INTO A HIGHER CAUSE. >> WE OWN COOPS FOR A CAUSE AND WE BUILD CUSTOM-MADE CHICKEN COOPS FROM FOUR BIRDS TO ANY SIZE YOU WANT. ♪ SEAN: COOPS FOR A CAUSE STARTED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. THE FAMILY DECIDED AS THEY FOUND MORE SUCCESS THEY WOULD HELP OUT CAUSES IMPORTATNT TO THEM. >> I JUST FELT WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED SO MUCH IN AMERICA, THE LEAST WE COULD DO IS GIVE BACK. $50 FROM EVERY COOP GOES OUT. WE DO CLEAN WATER WELLS IN AFRICA. WE DO AN ORPHANAGE ON HONDURAS THAT WE FEED ME AND MY WIFE GO TO RWANDA AND HAITI EVERY YEAR AND GIVE OUT SOLAR LIGHTS. ♪ SEAN: TO KEEP THEIR WORK GOING THEY MAKE SOME PRETTY FANCY , CHICKEN COOPS. NOWADAYS, PEOPLE WANT TO CUSTOMIZE. EVERYTHING FROM AUTOMATED DOORS THAT OPEN AND CLOSE BASED ON SUNLIGHT. >> A REALLY NEAT FEATURE, AT NIGHT, IT OPENS UP ONE LAST TIME FOR 10 MINUTES IN CASE THERE WERE ANY STRAGGLER CHICKENS LATE GETTING TO THE HOUSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK FOR A CUSTOM COLOR TO MATCH THEIR HOUSE. CERTAIN TYPES OF SHINGLES TO MATCH THEIR HOME. PRETTY MUCH PEOPLE DON’T WANT THE CHICKEN COOP TO BE AN EYESORE. THEY WANTED TO BE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE PART OF THEIR PROPERTY. SEAN: THE FINAL RESULT LOOKS GOOD FOR A GOOD CAUSE. ♪ IF LOOKING GOOD IS IMPORTANT FOR SOME CHICKENS, FOR THESE BIRDS IN MONT VERNON, IT IS ABOUT FEELING GOOD. ♪ >> IT IS JUST FUN TO BE WITH THEM. THEY ARE HAPPY. [LAUGHTER] IT IS ENJOYABLE TO JUST WALK AROUND AMONGST THEM. SEAN: THIS IS CHIEF EGG OFFIC JULIE WHITCOMB, OWNER OF JULIE’S HAPPY HENS. THE PHILOSOPHY HERE, IF THE CHICKEN IS HAPPY, IT PRODUCES A BETTER EGG TO SELL. WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY HA AS NATURAL A LIFE AS POSSIBLE SO THEY CAN DO THINGS CHICKENS NATURALLY WANT TO DO. SEAN: TO DO THAT, THE BIRDS ARE GIVEN EXTRA ROOM INSIDE AND PLENTY OF SPACE OUTSIDE TO DIG AND TAKE DUST BATHS, ALL THINGS THAT MAKE THESE CHICKENS HAPPY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BUSY JOB TO DO. >> WE ARE PRODUCING ABOUT 2200 EGGS A DAY RIGHT NOW. I DON’T KNOW, MULTIPLY THAT BY SEVEN. SEAN: YEP, THAT’S 15,400 HAPPY EGGS A WEEK SOLD TO LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND STORES, AND DIRECTLY TO CUSTOMERS, WHO LOVE TO VISIT THE FARM AND THEIR HAPPY FEATHERED FRIENDS. >> ONE OF THE REASONS THEY COME HERE IS THEY CAN SEE THE CHICKENS OUTSIDE, LIVING A NATURAL LIFE. THEY ARE LIKE OH, THERE IS SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE AND HOW GOOD THEY TASTE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO FRESH. THAT IS THE BIG SELLING POINT. ♪ SEAN PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING ONE OF THOSE HAPPY CHICKENS TO YOUR HOME TO GET FRESH EGGS. TEMPLETON FAMILY ORGANICS IN GOFFSTOWN MIGHT BE THE PLACE TO START. ♪ >> WE DO AROUND MEAT CHICKENS 6000 EVERY YEAR, COUPLE HUNDRED TURKEYS, AND PIGS AS WELL. SEAN: THIS IS A WORKING FAMILY FARM WITH ONE INTERESTING SIDE BUSINESS. >> ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO A FRIEND OF MINE TOLD US ABOUT RENT A CHICKEN. WE DECIDED TO MAKE THE PLUNGE. SEAN: YOU HEARD RIGHT. THE TEMPLETON’S RENT CHICKENS. IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO TRY CHICKENS WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT. SEAN: RENT THE CHICKEN IS PART OF A NATIONAL BRAND WHERE ANYONE CAN RENT A SMALL COOP AND EGG PRODUCING HANDS, -- HENS, ALL DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME. >> WE PROVIDE ALL THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, WE PROVIDE THE HENS, A COOP, THE FEED, WE DO ORGANIC, SOY FREE FEED. CARTONS, TREATS, ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHICKENS ALL SUMMER LONG. ♪ IT IS REALLY SURPRISING HOW EASY IT IS. YOU ONLY NEED TO CHECK ON THEM ONCE A DAY IF YOU WANT, BUT YOU COULD SPEND ALL DAY WITH THEM, WHICH MANY OF OUR RENTERS DO. THEY BECOME PETS AND THEY COME IN THE HOUSE AND THEY HAVE NAMES. SEAN: THE PROGRAM RUNS IN THE WARMER MONTHS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRY RAISING THEIR OWN FOOD, AND SO FAR, IT HAS REALLY TAKEN FLIGHT. >> THIS PAST YEAR, WE BUILT COOPS AND SOLD OUT AND BUILT MORE AND SOLD OUT, AND BILTMORE, AND RAN OUT OF -- ANDUILT MORE AND RAN OUT OF HENS.