The It Bird

In the current edition of the New Yorker, Susan Orlean writes about the growing popularity of keeping small flocks of chickens.

"Chickens seem to be a perfect convergence of the economic, environmental, gastronomic, and emotional matters of the moment. In the past few years they have undergone an image rehabilitation so astounding that it should be studied by marketing consultants."

There is also a video in which she introduces her girls and shows off her henhouse.