"The Secret Lives of Chickens or Tales from the Chickenyard and Beyond" describes life with chickens, chicken behavior, and chicken community, a hidden life that isn't generally associated with chickens. There are tales about chickens and their pecking order in the chicken house, chicken yard, and out in the great beyond, which was the creek and fields nearby. The times and places seem simpler but actually are not, because of the feathered inhabitants within. Although the chickens and their lives are the main characters, "The Secret Lives of Chickens" relates stories about other birds and...