One the first question that you may ask yourself is "how many chickens should I get?".
Chickens are very sociable animals and they need to be around other chickens, and if left alone this can cause stress and also other more serious problems.
Personally we recommend that you start off with a minimum of three chickens. The reasoning behind this is if anything unfortunate happens to one of your chickens you will still be left with a pair of chickens in your flock. This can be vital at times as you may not be able to find a companion for the single chicken for some time, and as stated above this can cause serious problems.
If you have a chicken on it's own we recommend that you find your chicken a new friend very soon!