A rambling nonfiction; a memoir combined with curiosity and discovery. The author gets her own backyard chickens, and the reader follows along as she discovers more not only about her own flock but about chickens. We discover more about the history of home chickens, chicken shows, industrial chicken raising, chicken rescues, chicken training, wild chickens, and more. Maybe this seems like too much chicken, but for an animal (and food) that permeates United States' food and farming culture, I found this fascinating.

While this style of inquisitiveness-driven nonfiction might not be for everyone, I've grown to really enjoy this kind of personal discovery and am more than happy to go along with an author as they ask questions and seek answers.

Notes:
“People regularly test animals to see if they can do things that we’re pretty sure we can do better… I’m not sure whether these tests teach us much. Their main goal seems to be to rank animals in a hierarchy in which humans remain on top. Animals know exactly as much as they need to survive.” In response to clicker-training a human, which doesn’t go very well.