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You can't just "get a couple". You will get about 3 times as many as you plan. I actually wanted 1, currently I have 5. And gonna get more this spring!

It's perfectly all right to eat fertile eggs, or non-fertile eggs. They taste the same. Sometimes people wonder about that.

When you get your coop remember that feed and water takes up space. Add 2-3 extra square feet if you need to for them.

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If one of your hens likes to peak feet.... FOR GOODNESS SAKES, WATCH HER BEAK AND YOUR FOOT!

If you had a rooster, and you get rid of it, one of your hens might become a "rooster". Or at least one of my hens did... What ever my rooster did, now she does... Anyone else notice this?

Be careful if you have on red nail polish.... Or even just a pinkish orange color. OWCHISH!

Quote: And buttons. Small silver round buttons that happen to be on your dress... Yep. She almost snatched of my earring too...

Never NEVER hold a chirping chick. At least while your dog is in the room. And when you cat comes to see what is making the cheeping noise. And then when the chick flies down to the ground, the dog leaps for the cat, and the cat tries to run away. The dog almost stepped on my poor chicka baby

Quote: My chickens were excellent garden helpers all summer. You just have to wait until the plants have grown up a fair amount before you give the chickens access to them. If I let the girls in there when everything was still just seedlings, then yes they would have demolished it in no time...

When a rooster, even a nice Silkie rooster, is shut up in a cat carrier for 48 hours (hey, it was to save his life, and his girlies lives) don't, repeat, DO NOT reach your hand in through the door to take him out without HEAVY DUTY gloves with a Longgggg sleeve attached to it. OWWWW. He sure...

Quote: Well from your picture, it seams that they allow you to feed them by hand, and at least look at them. I call that a tip, looking at beautiful hens, and handsome roosters!

Hold a chicken since the day it was born (or as soon as you get it) for about 30 seconds a day. It made all of my chickens (roosters too!) pretty nice, and very gentle. My Rhode Island Rooster was the nicest thing ever! He would come up to me and allow me to pet him. If they are older, I...

Here is where we can all put our chicken tips. Feel free to leave a tip, or maybe use some of the tips here. For example: If you want eggs the winter put a light in the coop, and make sure they get 14 hours of light. Now if you were wondering how to get eggs in the winter you could use...