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 ...

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 ...