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 ...

The term pecking order came about in the 1920s from the writings of Norway's Thorleif Schjelderup on his study of social order among hens. A hen pecks another who is lower on her social scale without ...

Although I have kept city chickens for 14 years, they keep me on my toes. Each one has its own distinct personality — or, rarely, no personality whatsoever — and changes often are signs of trouble in ...

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 ...

Every backyard bird flock has a unique dynamic and the phrase, “pecking order” could not be more suitable to describe the hierarchy that develops with chickens in a particular flock. Every flock has ...

Talk about being cooped up at school. That’s the story for three chickens that have become permanent residents at St. James Elementary School in the Smithtown school district, where educators and the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS — Second-Hen’d hatched in 2016.

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 ...