Glad to hear you already figured in the permit angle. Just wanted to be sure, since I gaze at all these awesome coops some people build that live further out in the country, and know that would never fly here. We city dwellers need to stick together.
What a wonderful surprise you are planning! And I love your Chicken Guard Dog! Can't wait to see pics of the coop and your wife's face when she sees it!
Three amercanuas and two barred rock. I am wondering if one of her barred rocks is a rooster, one looks black with white the other white with black they are the same age and one has a more prominent comb then the other.