Melissa Caughey is the author of the best-selling books How to Speak Chicken and A Kid’s Guide to Keeping Chickens, as well as Chicken Wisdom Frame-Ups. She is a backyard chicken keeper, beekeeper, master gardener, and writer who pens the award-winning blog Tilly’s Nest. Caughey has been featured in many national publications and can be found speaking on an array of topics at events across the country. She lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.