Hopefully, as an engineer, he will be more proud of what you accomplished, than angry that you now have hatching eggs at the house. Just don't put your self in a bad position with your parents. That is really never a good idea! Good luck, thoughts and prayers are with you that it all works out as you would like.Okay, I will remember that.
Planning is all well and good right now, but I still have to clear the obstacle of my parents.
My dad is out of town. Poor dad. He will have to come home to this masterpiece of an idea.