286: Going Chicken Crazy for an Outdoor Habit In Your Own Backyard (Tove Danovich, author, journalist, chicken enthusiast)

It might also be trendy, but backyard chicken keeping isn’t just a delightful way to source a parade of fresh eggs and endless chicken entertainment, it’s also the perfect lure for getting outside regularly right where you are. And while, yes, keeping any outdoor animal provides the obligatory outdoor chore list, a backyard coop can also draw you into nature in ways that don’t include coop cleaning or flock feeding, says podcast guest Tove Danovich. A journalist and author of the new book Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them, Tove has an insider perspective on all the ways keeping a parade of chickens can connect you with your own nearby nature, too. Listen now. Connect with this episode: Read Under the Henfluence (affiliate link) Visit Tove Danovich’s website Follow Tove on Instagram Follow Tove’s chickens on Instagram (yes, really) Follow Tove on Facebook Follow Tove on Twitter Join the Humans Outside Challenge Follow Humans Outside on Instagram Follow Humans Outside on Facebook Some of the good stuff: [3:16] Tove Danovich’s favorite outdoor space [4:23] How Tove became someone who likes to go outside [6:42] Tove’s chicken story [8:45] Chicken math [11:02] Is there such a thing as too many chickens? [14:40] How chickens help Tove get outside [18:00] Warning warning she might a birder [22:30] Rooster problems [23:53] Why it matters that the chickens don’t need her [29:05] The inside scoop on chicken culture [32:17] What people should know about chickens that the books don’t really say [37:00] Keeping chickens from becoming a chore [42:47] Tove’s favorite outdoor moment