If you don’t have your own backyard flock, you may not believe that the chicken pecking order is real, let alone that it’s even more complicated than we give it credit for. Chickens are one of ...

Having birds visit your yard is a delight. You watch them fly around, fluff their feathers, and engage in everyday routines like feeding and bathing, and it gives you a wonderful feeling of being ...

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 ...

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 ...

My name is Hellen, a poultry farmer from Limuru. I have noticed my chicken which are hardly a year old like to engage in feather pecking. Secondly, please advise me on which brand of vitamins may be ...