Quick Take Pecking orders are real and chickens form dominance hierarchies that influence daily access to food and water, stress, and social interactions. Hierarchy is not always linear, as flocks ...

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 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 ...