The Chicken Chick

Author Kathy Shea Mormino, internationally known as The Chicken Chick, shares a fun-loving, informative style to raising backyard chickens with a practical, down-to-earth approach and sense of humor. An attorney by trade, accidental photographer & backyard chicken-keeper, Kathy is the founder & one-woman driving force behind her wildly popular & award-winning Facebook page and blog, http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com Kathy has become the trusted voice in backyard chicken-keeping, often being sought out for her perspective on chicken-keeping topics by various esteemed entities, most notably The Wall Street Journal, LA Times & Associated Press.

Kathy's publication credits include her best-selling book, "The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens: Simple Steps for Healthy, Happy Hens," as well as contributions to Hobby Farms Chickens magazine and Hobby Farms Home, and blogs published by Mother Earth News, Grit Magazine and Manna Pro Poultry.
Kathy has appeared on local and national television, radio and podcasts; she is featured on Discovery's Destination America Network in the reality show, "Coop Dreams" as well as on PBS's P. Allen Smith's Garden Home.

Kathy is a wife and mother to two little girls, a beekeeper and personal assistant to 50+ feathered pets, and Milo, a Yorkie with cattitude.