Quick Take Pecking orders are real and chickens form dominance hierarchies that influence daily access to food and water, ...

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 housing conditions and environments experienced during the rearing period can influence the development of feather pecking in chickens during this time and in the subsequent laying period. The aim ...

One fox learned the hard way that it's unwise to mess with a flock of dinosaurs. The young fox, just about 6 months old, probably thought it had struck gold when it snuck into a chicken coop at dusk ...

Gentle pecking of feathers where the recipient is calm and not reacting is a normal social behaviour of birds and should never worry anyone. But in situations where the pecking is more violent, and ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: I have several hens that I want to make sure don’t start pecking at each other. Do you have any suggestions for keeping this bad chicken habit from happening? – Concerned Chicken ...

One fox learned the hard way that it's unwise to mess with a flock of dinosaurs. The young fox, just about 6 months old, probably thought it had struck gold when it snuck into a chicken coop at dusk ...