The book is based on the author's experiences in trying to operate a small chicken farm with her first husband Robert Heskett from 1927 to 1931 near Chimacum, Washington. On visits with her family in Seattle, she told stories of their tribulations, which greatly amused them. In the 1940s, MacDonald's sisters strongly encouraged her to write a book about these experiences and, following their advice, she wrote The Egg and I as her first book.

This looks very interesting, I'm going to have to track this down and watch/read it

Me too, I read the book years ago and remember that it really seemed to be very very funny at the time

Wow, I read this book 40 years ago. I remember it well. tks!