Once Upon a Flock: Life with My Soulful Chickens | 
pickLauren Scheuer has created a sweet memoir full of adorable illustrations. She talks about her family, her dog, her garden, and the joys and heartaches of raising backyard chickens. A good resource for anyone who‘s considering chickens as well as those who are merely curious.
Right now, at the top of my #2017mostanticipatedbooks list is a title published in 2013. I've found myself in fantasy yearning for farm life and off-grid living, so have been researching books, blogs, and Instagram accounts. My favorite find has been the Scratch and Peck blog. Having almost finished, i had to order a copy of Lauren Scheuer's book, which should arrive next week. #seasonsreadings2016 @RealLifeReading
The author is a children's book illustrator, so the illustrations are all delightful and whimsical like this. You can follow her on Instagram at scheuerlauren, where there is much chicken adorableness.
This is Abigail and Eleanor as chicks. (The first of my tradition of naming hens after first ladies.) A fellow chicken-lover friend of mine wrote this delightful illustrated memoir of her life with chickens, which I am once again buying as a gift for someone raising their first batch of chicks.
