The idea for this book came from a song that I sang as a child, about the life of a chicken on the farm. Chickens raised on the farm back in those days were not raised in a commercialized setting, cooped up in cages, but were what we would call today “free-range chickens,” meaning that they were free to wander about the barnyard. First of all, early in the morning the rooster would act as an alarm clock. From his crowing, the farmer was able to get an early start. The farmer would then let t...