Chickens in FarmCapi: how to raise them and what they earn

A chicken in FarmCapi costs 60 coins, eats 1 feed and lays 1 egg 10 minutes later. The egg sells for 8 coins and gives 2 XP when you collect it. Each feed is good for exactly one egg: after that the hen stays hungry until you feed her again. In the current version (November 2026), the Shop sells up to 6 chickens, and feed comes from the Shop itself or from the Windmill.

Chicken at a glance

Your first hen

Nobody starts by buying one. Early in the game, Capi suggests fixing the run-down coop with 6 radishes, and your first hen walks in through the pen gate. You pick her name, get 3 feed as a gift, and her first egg arrives in 40 seconds, a special timer that only applies to that one egg. That egg takes your farm to level 2.

How to raise chickens, step by step

1. Buy a chicken in the Shop, under Animals & feed (60 coins).
2. Buy feed in the same tab (2 coins each) or make it at the Windmill.
3. With the Hand, tap a hungry hen to give her 1 feed.
4. Wait 10 minutes. The hen shows her egg when it's ready.
5. Tap again with the Hand to collect the egg. It goes to the Barn.
6. Feed her again for the next egg.

What a chicken earns

Each cycle costs 2 coins of feed and returns an 8-coin egg: 6 coins of profit every 10 minutes. If you keep feeding nonstop, that's 36 coins an hour per hen. A chicken pays for itself in 10 eggs, or about 1 h 40 min of active play.

The detail that changes your strategy: chickens don't keep laying while you're away. One feed becomes one egg, period. That makes the chicken a session animal, like the radish. Before you log off, feed every hen; when you come back, each one will have exactly one egg waiting.

Where feed comes from

At the Windmill, 6 feed come from ingredients worth 8 coins at market, versus 12 coins in the Shop. Feed can't be sold, so there's no reselling trick; it's only for feeding. The "Good morning, hens" quest (4 feed) and "Eggs to spare" (10 feed) also pay out in feed.

What eggs are for

• Incubator: 1 egg becomes a chick in 2 hours, which grows into a hen. Real birds take months; we compare the two in how long a real chick takes to become a hen.
• Wood stove: cornmeal cake takes 1 egg and cheese bread (pão de queijo) takes 2.
• Orders: Granny Coti's first order asks for 2 eggs and 4 radishes, and plenty of later ones want eggs too.
• Selling: 8 coins in the Barn.

Coop checklist: feed in the Barn before you leave; every hen fed; 1 egg saved for the incubator; eggs set aside for the next order.

Keep reading

The farm's other animal is the cow, which arrives at level 6. Head back to the game guide, or play free and name your first hen.