With delightful photographs, Jenna Woginrich chronicles the life journey of three chickens (Amelia, Honey, and Tilda) from fluffy, newly hatched bundles to grown hens laying eggs of their own. Following their progress from day to day and week to week, you'll learn everything you need to know to be successful in raising and keeping a happy, healthy flock. Topics covered include understanding chicken behavior; housing and feeding requirements; hygiene and basic health care. Both entertaining and educational, this highly accessible book provides just the right amount of information to get started and enjoy the pleasures of keeping backyard chickens.

Jenna's journey has captivated readers of her blog and her books: the leap from city cubicle to Idaho homestead, the quest for a farm, the momentous finding of her own place. Now, she shares a year on that farm, its seasons and life cycles, its personalities both four-legged and two, and its struggles, joys, and epiphanies. Jenna's fearless spirit shines through this month-by- month chronicle as she observes and carries out the tasks and timeless rituals of the agricultural life. Ultimately, she finds deep gratitude and spiritual fulfilment in the practical, essential chores of training a cart horse, delivering a lamb, building a fence, and working with her neighbours.