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 ...

Ever since that young chicken with black feathers and bright yellow feet wandered into my driveway one cold December day in 2009, I have come to learn a lot about chickens, and about life in general.

How stupid are chickens? Stupid enough that in 1954, a scientist put tiny prism goggles on freshly hatched chicks to see if they could still find lunch. Not even close. They spent their early lives ...

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 ...