Chickens, also known as hens or chicks in their early stages, have their origins in Southeast Asia, where they were first domesticated from the red junglefowl around 8,000 years ago. Widely kept across the United Kingdom, these birds have distinctive physical traits including colorful plumage — with males often being more vibrant — and fleshy crests called combs on their heads. Their combs and wattles help regulate temperature, making them well-adapted to various climates. Chickens exhibit unique behaviours, such as dust bathing to maintain feather health and establishing a social pecking order within flocks. Known for their friendly temperament, they are suitable for backyard poultry keepers seeking both egg production and companionship. Popular in the UK for keeping live chickens, many enthusiasts search for "chickens for sale" or "hens for sale near me" to start their flocks. Whether you are buying baby chicks or point of lay chickens for egg-laying, chickens are versatile and hardy birds, thriving in free-range or well-managed environments. Their care involves providing shelter, nutrition, and protection from predators, making them a rewarding choice for both beginners and experienced poultry keepers alike.
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Pekin bantam cockerel 1 year old. He is absolutely lovely looking. Fully feathered feet. Iridescent tail feathers. Beautiful white feathered body.
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ko shamo chicks hatched 1 week ago unsexed on heat 5 available the price is per chick collection only wilburton please only messgae if genuinely intrested also have some 2 week olds
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Unsexed silkie chicks available lots of colours message for more information and availability updates thank-you! ☺️🐥 Give our new page a follow 🥚🐣 https://www.facebook.com/share/1C2hvMt6jR/?mi
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Sadly, our chicken has started to crow, so it turns out he is a rooster. Unfortunately, we can't keep him and are looking for a new home.
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Two lovely gentle brahma cockerels. 1. Buff Colombian Brahma is a big boy very gentle and easily handled. 2. Dark Brahma slightly smaller but still big. Also gentle but a bit more shy. Both are pure b
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Chestnut rock hen, started laying in April so approx 7 months old, lays dark brown eggs. Since April has laid every day or every other day. Bought from Jessie's Hens in February. She's sweet natured
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7 week old Bovan Brown chicks. Excellent laying breed all year round. Vaccinated and beak clipped at day old
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14 week old Bovan Brown hens. Vaccinated at one day old. Only a few left. Fertile eggs, 10 week old and POL also available
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Approximately 4 Dekalb White 20 week old hens. Vaccinated and beak trimmed. Other hens and fertile eggs always available
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Got too many hens (eggs) now so looking to thin out on numbers. Still laying daily. Absolutely brilliant eggs. All large L-XL eggs. Beautiful friendly hens
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3 lovely Sablepoot hens and a cockerel 2 hens are last years and laying very well, the others are this years about 8 weeks old, will not split them up
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Collection only. No boys only girls. White gold and one black All hens 5 months old will be laying soon
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5 chicks available, 3 showgirls think they are all blue, 1 black standard and one blue/almost silver standard 1 week old I regularly have silkie chicks available from my mixed flock consisting of sta
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Point of lay pullets Bovan Brown chickens for sale all female, 19 weeks old very friendly and garden reared. £12 each. Please bring something to transport them home in. (Waltham Lincolnshire)
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I have a few pure French Black Copper Marans cockerels around 4 months old. £10 each. Hatched from dark eggs, and could be used to produce darker egg layers or mixed with blue eggers to produce olive
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Fertile Micro Serama eggs. These eggs come from frizzle dads and smooth mums. For example one of our runs contains 2 frizzle roos and several smooth ladies. This ensures that we won't hatch any frizzl
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Two beautiful White Leghorn cockerels available for sale. Both hatched 3rd April 2026, now 11 weeks old. They are healthy, active, and free range raised in a home garden environment. Both have love
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Light Sussex chicks for sale. Home bred from 3 hens and unrelated cockerel. Friendly breed, beautiful markings, good egg layers. Unsexed
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Unsexed silkie chicks available lots of colours message for more information and availability updates thank-you! ☺️🐥 Give our new page a follow 🥚🐣 https://www.facebook.com/share/1C2hvMt6jR/?mi
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Unsexed silkie chicks available lots of colours message for more information and availability updates thank-you! ☺️🐥 Give our new page a follow 🥚🐣 https://www.facebook.com/share/1C2hvMt6jR/?mi
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Here we have a variety of chicken chicks for sale, my son has hatched them in the incubator and has looked after them all really well, sadly they are all for looking for new homes. 🏠 Please message
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I have various hens, chicks and hatching eggs available including olive eggers, Marans, cream legbar, silkies and Welsummers. I’m a small hobby breeder and occasionally have excess eggs and hens that
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We have several pairs of large fowl Brahma available, hatched from our mixed colour Brahma pen (2 cockerels running with 10 hens in various colours). A pair consists of one male and one female bird.