Yard Birds: The Lives and Times of America's Urban Chickens

by Philip Levy

In 2009, the New Yorker declared chickens the "it bird" and heralded "the return of the backyard chicken." This honor occurred as, a host of American cities were changing their laws to allow chickens in residents' backyards. Philip Levy, a sometime chicken keeper himself, mixes cultural history with husbandry to chronicle the weird and wonderful story of Americans' urban chickens. From the streets of Brooklyn to council chambers in Albany...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813949653
• ISBN13: 9780813949659
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.7" x 8.7"