With contagious enthusiasm and fascination for her backyard chickens, best-selling author Melissa Caughey shares her unique observations of her flock-how they sense the world, communicate impending danger, establish pecking order, and develop learned behaviours-along with scientific facts, colourful photos, and entertaining tidbits.
Melissa Caughey is the award-winning author of A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens and the blog Tilly's Nest. She is a backyard chicken keeper, beekeeper, and gardener, She lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
"From decoding squawks to mapping out flock hierarchies and dealing
with squabbles in the henhouse, How to Speak Chicken is the
ultimate guide to keeping all of your ducks - make that chickens -
in a row." -- Country Living "Get to know what all the different
'bawks' mean and how to make your hens the most comfortable with a
little help from this book." -- People.com "A new spin on
chickenese ready to drive any urban farming linguist mad as a wet
hen with joy." -- Library Journal "If you're even remotely thinking
about raising chickens, or you know someone who is getting into a
chicken keeping, get this book, you'll learn so much about flock
keeping." -- HGTV.com "A true delight that is filled with love and
plenty of gorgeous illustrations." -- Forbes.com "Prepare to be
surprised, delighted and humbled." -- Sy Montgomery, author of
Birdology "A delightfully refreshing look at the backyard flock
that transcends the basics of food, water, health, and shelter.
Learn to listen to your chickens to know how they are doing. Learn
their language, and you just might catch them talking about you!"
-- Hank Will, Editor-in-Chief, Mother Earth News "Melissa's
enthusiasm for chickens, like my own, knows no bounds. Chickens are
both amusing and practical and, as you'll find out, they are also
intelligent communicators ... if you are willing to learn their
language! This book provides fascinating insight and practical tips
for fowl fanciers everywhere." -- P. Allen Smith, television host,
writer, and professional gardener "I loved How to Speak Chicken."
-- Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation
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