Beschreibung:
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.
Get the Scoop from the Coop Chickens speak volumes if you know how to listen! Understand your feathered friends better with best-selling author and longtime chicken keeper Melissa Caughey's firsthand insights into how chickens interact with each other and the world around them. How do flocks establish a pecking order? How do chickens learn from each other? How do hens talk to their chicks? How do chickens express their emotions? How do chickens greet each other?
Preface 1 Chicken Translator at Your Service: Understanding What Your Chickens Are Saying 2 How to Behave in the Henhouse: Rules, Etiquette, and Social Graces 3 What Makes a Chicken Tick? Looking Past the Feathers 4 Hey, I'm No Birdbrain! Understanding Chicken Smarts 5 How Do You Feel? The Emotional Life of Chickens For Further Reading Acknowledgments