The term pecking order came about in the 1920s from the writings of Norway's Thorleif Schjelderup on his study of social order among hens. A hen pecks another who is lower on her social scale without ...
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 ...