How to Read a Chicken's Mind: Understand How Chickens Learn, Perceive People, Express Emotions, and Pass...

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Melissa Caughey

How to Read a Chicken's Mind

Understand How Chickens Learn, Perceive People, Express Emotions, and Pass Down Knowledge

Melissa Caughey

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Storey Publishing LLC
11 February 2025

Birds (ornithology); Wildlife: birds & birdwatching; Birds, including cage birds, as pets

Best-selling author Melissa Caughey leads readers into the surprisingly complex thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the world's most common bird.

Backyard chicken keepers delight in learning all they can about their beloved flocks. Best-selling author and backyard chicken keeper Melissa Caughey shares her years of experience with and research about our feathered friends with this entertaining and informative exploration of what chickens think and feel. From chick days to the golden stage of ""henopause,"" Caughey offers insights into the range of emotions that chickens can express, their unexpected intelligence, different personality types, and the complexities of flock dynamics.

By: Melissa Caughey
Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 204mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781635868685
ISBN 10: 1635868688
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 11 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Melissa Caughey is the author of the best-selling books How to Speak Chicken and A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens, as well as Chicken Wisdom Frame-Ups. She is a backyard chicken keeper, beekeeper, master gardener, and writer who pens the award-winning blog Tilly's Nest. Caughey has been featured in many national publications and can be found speaking on an array of topics at events across the country. She lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Reviews for How to Read a Chicken's Mind: Understand How Chickens Learn, Perceive People, Express Emotions, and Pass Down Knowledge

""A delightful dive into the world of chickens.""--Library Journal ""This book will make you really love chickens and teach you a lot about animal behavior.""--Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human and Animals in Translation ""Melissa Caughey is to chickens what Jane Goodall is to chimpanzees.""--John Kricher, author of Peterson Guide to Bird Behavior ""Melissa Caughey will put you in awe of these common birds so many take for granted.""--Sy Montgomery, author of Birdology and What a Chicken Knows