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 ...

As soon as I planned my move from New York City to Portland, Oregon, I knew a flock was in my future. I bought my first chickens online in 2018. The “ladies,” as I’d come to call them, hatched at a ...