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 competitive world of chicken fanciers and poultry pageants is unfeathered in the latest documentary from Christchurch-based filmmaker Slavko Martinov when it receives its world premiere at Hot ...

Although I have kept city chickens for 14 years, they keep me on my toes. Each one has its own distinct personality — or, rarely, no personality whatsoever — and changes often are signs of trouble in ...