When someone tells you where you stand in a pecking order, they are allocating you a place in a hierarchy. You may not be happy about it, but at least you know your place! Dominance hierarchies are ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Hank Will chats with Carla Tilghman about chicken behavior from pecking order to roosters.

Dominance hierarchies were first described in chickens a century ago by a Norwegian zoologist who coined the term 'pecking order.' Since then researchers have examined the intricacies of conflict and ...

In the last few months I had some rooster problems. Any peace was interrupted by four roosters crowing loudly and constantly. Two were in my chicken yard, and the other two operated in stereo at my ...

The pros and cons of urban agriculture continue to pop up in suburbs as more communities approve or consider allowing back-yard chickens. Shakopee is the latest, last week adopting an ordinance ...

ORLANDO (Reuters) - Forget farm-to-table. The newest locavore trend in U.S. cities comes from the backyard: eggs out of the urban chicken coop. "It is part of the creative class trend," said Orlando ...