
How to Read a Chicken's Mind
Understand How Chickens Learn, Perceive People, Express Emotions, and Pass Down Knowledge
Melissa Caughey(Author)
Storey Publishing LLC
Published on 6. February 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-63586-868-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Workman Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Full-colour; photographs and illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63586-868-5 (9781635868685)
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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
E-Book
02/2025
Storey Publishing, LLC
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Person
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.
Content
Preface
1 The Universal Bond: Humans and Chickens
2 Flock Talk: How Chickens Communicate
3 From Feathers to Feet: How Chickens Experience the World
4 Chicken Psychology: Exploring the Realm of Bird Brains
Final Thoughts
Acknowledgments
Further Reading
1 The Universal Bond: Humans and Chickens
2 Flock Talk: How Chickens Communicate
3 From Feathers to Feet: How Chickens Experience the World
4 Chicken Psychology: Exploring the Realm of Bird Brains
Final Thoughts
Acknowledgments
Further Reading