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 this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Hank Will chats with Carla Tilghman about chicken behavior from pecking order to roosters.

Dominance hierarchies were first described in chickens a century ago by a Norwegian zoologist who coined the term “pecking order.” Since then researchers such as University of Cincinnati biologist ...

It may not seem like it, but chickens are incredible pets and livestock animals. They offer a unique blend of companionship, utility, and a lot of personality. They are not only endlessly entertaining ...

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 ...

Dominance hierarchies were first described in chickens a century ago by a Norwegian zoologist who coined the term 'pecking order.' Since then researchers have examined the intricacies of conflict and ...