There wasn't much to mark this book as special, really. It had some interesting thoughts on our relationship with nature and homesteading, but the organization of the book felt as meandering as a chicken scratching at the ground. Toward the latter half of the book the author started losing her focus from the Way of the Hen into a general disorder of new age themed sentiments that didn't mesh with the message and detracted from her ability to connect on a wide scale.

One nice note is that for some reason my two year old son loved when I would read this to him. He didn't understand the words much, but he was always asking for the "bawk-bawk book". For that reason alone this will bring a smile to my face whenever I think of it.