Chickens are hot! There's a chicken-farming boomlet going on out there, with upscale urban and suburban homeowners from every part of the country ordering fancy breeds of chickens, hiring archltects to build elegant chicken coops in their gardens and signing up for classes on how to raise a happy, healthy flock in small spaces. In every chapter Kilarski alternates between spotlighting the joys of raising chickens with the nitty-gritty details of how to be a successful chicken keeper.