Chickens

An interview with Sy Montgomery, author of What the Chicken Knows. Part science writing, part personal narrative, the book explores the surprising traits and unique personalities of the world’s most recognizable bird.

Jackie Polzin, the author of Brood, visited with Morning Edition host George Prentice to talk about her time in Boise State’s creative writing MFA program, urban chickens and getting a rave review in a rather provocative critique in The New York Times.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is in Idaho. The virus is usually spread by wild waterfowl to domestic birds and has recently been found in Oregon,…