If you don’t have your own backyard flock, you may not believe that the chicken pecking order is real, let alone that it’s even more complicated than we give it credit for. Chickens are one of ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Coco spots a snail and scoops it up in her mouth she darts across the garden, knowing full well her friends are going to be chasing after her. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you ...