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 ...

Every backyard bird flock has a unique dynamic and the phrase, “pecking order” could not be more suitable to describe the hierarchy that develops with chickens in a particular flock. Every flock has ...

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 ...

KEY WEST, FLA. - Tourists photograph them, and artists paint them. They peck and cluck in parking lots, back yards and alleys. And, yes, they cross the road, any time they please. Key West is famous ...

EDMOND — Jacey Hyde grew up on a farm with chickens. Her desire for backyard chickens was behind her family's decision to leave Edmond for a place where she could raise the birds. Hyde is in the ...