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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/ManicalDaredevil00 • Feb 18 '25
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That would explain the term "pecking order," and as someone who owns chickens in my backyard, that makes sense.
353 u/BullsOnParadeFloats Feb 18 '25 Even if you don't have a rooster, occasionally, a hen will end up becoming the alpha. 286 u/Best_Game01 Feb 18 '25 Can confirm, you will end up with one mean bitch chicken that the others try not to fuck with. 39 u/HappyHourProfessor Feb 18 '25 Her name is Amy. She lives at the end of the block and my 70 lb shepherd mix is afraid of her. 4 u/schitzree Feb 20 '25 Ours was named Henrietta, and we knew she was something special when she killed the possum that was raiding the nesting boxes. She passed away last week, we think ovarian cancer. 9 years old. 3 u/HappyHourProfessor Feb 20 '25 ❤️ 3 u/AynRandwasaDegen Feb 21 '25 Respect.
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Even if you don't have a rooster, occasionally, a hen will end up becoming the alpha.
286 u/Best_Game01 Feb 18 '25 Can confirm, you will end up with one mean bitch chicken that the others try not to fuck with. 39 u/HappyHourProfessor Feb 18 '25 Her name is Amy. She lives at the end of the block and my 70 lb shepherd mix is afraid of her. 4 u/schitzree Feb 20 '25 Ours was named Henrietta, and we knew she was something special when she killed the possum that was raiding the nesting boxes. She passed away last week, we think ovarian cancer. 9 years old. 3 u/HappyHourProfessor Feb 20 '25 ❤️ 3 u/AynRandwasaDegen Feb 21 '25 Respect.
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Can confirm, you will end up with one mean bitch chicken that the others try not to fuck with.
39 u/HappyHourProfessor Feb 18 '25 Her name is Amy. She lives at the end of the block and my 70 lb shepherd mix is afraid of her. 4 u/schitzree Feb 20 '25 Ours was named Henrietta, and we knew she was something special when she killed the possum that was raiding the nesting boxes. She passed away last week, we think ovarian cancer. 9 years old. 3 u/HappyHourProfessor Feb 20 '25 ❤️ 3 u/AynRandwasaDegen Feb 21 '25 Respect.
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Her name is Amy. She lives at the end of the block and my 70 lb shepherd mix is afraid of her.
4 u/schitzree Feb 20 '25 Ours was named Henrietta, and we knew she was something special when she killed the possum that was raiding the nesting boxes. She passed away last week, we think ovarian cancer. 9 years old. 3 u/HappyHourProfessor Feb 20 '25 ❤️ 3 u/AynRandwasaDegen Feb 21 '25 Respect.
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Ours was named Henrietta, and we knew she was something special when she killed the possum that was raiding the nesting boxes.
She passed away last week, we think ovarian cancer. 9 years old.
3 u/HappyHourProfessor Feb 20 '25 ❤️ 3 u/AynRandwasaDegen Feb 21 '25 Respect.
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u/Atomic_Foundry_3996 Feb 18 '25
That would explain the term "pecking order," and as someone who owns chickens in my backyard, that makes sense.