Under the Henfluence

Tove Danovich is a freelance journalist who has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Ringer, Backyard Poultry Magazine, and many others. She is a former Midwesterner, turned New Yorker, who now lives in Portland, Oregon. She keeps eight chickens in her suburban yard and hopes to add more. Their Instagram @BestLittleHenhouse is more popular than hers. You can find her on Twitter @TKDano.

• IntroductionChickens at HomeChapter One: Make Way for ChickensChapter Two: United States Poultry ServiceChapter Three: The Lost Chick CallChapter Four: A Cure for ChickensChickens on DisplayChapter Five: There’s No Business Like Poultry Show BusinessChapter Six: 4-H is for the BirdsChapter Seven: Cheep TherapyChapter Eight: How to Train Your ChickenChickens in the WildChapter Nine: Winter EggsChapter Ten: Chicks Gone WildChapter Eleven: What to Do with All the Roos?Chapter Twelve: The Chicken Who Didn’t Know How to Be a ChickenEpilogue: Coming Home to Roost

Praise for Tove Danovich's UNDER THE HENFLUENCE:“A heartfelt account of raising pet hens. . . Anyone who’s mulled the possibility of setting up a backyard coop will find this the next best thing.” —Publishers Weekly“Not intended to be a how-to for amateur poultry breeders, Danovich’s work does offer broad and compelling insight into how raising chickens transforms and enriches human lives.” —Booklist“Under the Henfluence clocks our obsession with chicken-keeping. Highbrow / Brilliant.” —New York Magazine“Share[s] the life-enhancing joys of the humble hen.” —The Sunday Times“A realistic and immersive look into our relationship with those beings in our care. . . Under the Henfluence makes it impossible for the reader not to think of—and possibly love—the idea of chickens in a new way.” —Mira Ptacin, Modern Farmer“I enjoyed every single page.” —Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., Psychology Today“A call to arms, but in an entertainingly written, well-paced way. It certainly makes you think.”  —Kate Green, Country Life