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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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Chickens poultry All Colour POL Available  - Advert 1
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All Colour POL Available

Chickens

1 yearAge
MixedSex
£15Price

Hi there 👋🏼 🚨 NEW STOCK 🚨 🐓 White Star – £15 each 🐓 Leghorn – £15 each 🐓 Lohman Brown – £15 each 🐓 Goldline – £15 each 🐓 Copper Marans – £18 each 🐓 Black Rocks – £18 each 🐓 Silver Sussex – £18 each 🐓 Light Sussex – £18 each 🐓 Speckled Marans – £18 each 🐓 Bluebells – £18 each - 🐦 Quails – £10 each - 🐦 Hatching Quail eggs available - 🐦 Hatching Guine

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SpaldingLincolnshire
Chickens poultry 🩶🧡DAY OLD ORPINGTONS🧡🩶 - Advert 2
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🩶🧡DAY OLD ORPINGTONS🧡🩶

Chickens

4 weeksAge
MixedSex
£10Price

🐣 Day-old chicks available 🐣 Buff Orpingtons & Silver Laced Orpingtons – From large, friendly parent birds – Well handled from hatch – Raised on high-protein feed with added vitamins 🔸 Unsexed 🔸 Will require heat for approx. 6 weeks Also available: • Cream Legbars • Black Copper Marans • Olive Eggers • Silkies & USA Silkies • Ayam Cemani Message for availability an

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GlossopDerbyshire
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Rainbow egg layers at point of lay

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

These point of lay Hens are all fully vaccinated, wormed and treated for mites. Loads of breeds and egg colours to choose from too. Priced at £20-35 depending on breeds. We have a cracking selection of Poultry in stock here at New Cottage Poultry, we also have an on site shop for everything you need. Come along and have a look around anytime we’re open Monday, Thur

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CoalvilleLeicestershire
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🩶🧡Buff Orpington & Silver Laced chicks 🧡🩶

Chickens

5 daysAge
MixedSex
£10Price

🩶💛ORPINGTON’S 💛🩶 Day olds hatching weekly, they will be indexed and require heat for 6 weeks. These beauties aren’t just pretty faces either… Orpington’s are absolute stars for families and flocks. They’re calm, friendly, super easy going, and lay gorgeous big eggs 🥚✨ ✨ Friendly & docile ✨ Perfect for beginners & families ✨ Great egg layers ✨ Just all-round lovel

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GlossopDerbyshire
Chickens poultry Hybrid Hens Point of lay - Advert 5
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Hybrid Hens Point of lay

Chickens

6 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

Fully vaccinated point of lay Hybrids Hens. Available from 23rd February Wide selection; Light Sussex Speckled Rhode island hybrids Marigolds Blue bells Road rocks Welsummer hybrids White stars Silver Sussex Mottled legbars £20 each Crested cream legbars - blue egg Aracana hybrids - olive egg Copper maran hybrids - dark egg £30 each Carry home boxes availabile a

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ShifnalShropshire
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2 cockerels

Chickens

7 monthsAge
MaleSex
£1Price

Lavender Orpington and Brahama cockerels need new home well tempered but are too big for our little run they have just come of age

WakefieldWest Yorkshire
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Chickens poultry Chicks For Sale £12 each or 2 for £20 - Advert 1
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Chicks For Sale £12 each or 2 for £20

Chickens

1 weekAge
FemaleSex
£12Price

Guaranteed female chicks for sale, all chicks are healthy, active, well cared for. They are very friendly. These chicks come from a very good egg layering breed and will make excellent future layers.

BirminghamWest Midlands
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Point of Lay Silver/Light Sussex & Magpie Pullets

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£20Price

Healthy, well-cared-for point of lay hens ready to start producing eggs soon. Ideal for anyone looking to start or expand their flock. Available Breeds: Needwood Magpies Light Sussex These hens are

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BradfordWest Yorkshire
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Point of Lay Hybrids For Sale!

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£25Price

Breeds: - burford browns £35 - marigold £25 - lavender splash £28 - light Sussex £25 - silver Sussex £28 - partridge leghorns £30 - green egg layers £35 - blue egg layers £35 - millfleurs £32 - Rhode

WorcesterWorcestershire
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Polish, Silkie & Pekin Bantam Hens

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£40Price

We have a wonderful selection in stock to come and see. All fully vaccinated, wormed and ready to lay. The Bantam Hens are priced at £40 each We have a fantastic selection of all types of Poultry in

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CoalvilleLeicestershire
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🖤 Black Copper Maran chicks (dark eggs) 🖤

Chickens

4 daysAge
MixedSex
£8Price

Dark eggs! Chicks will be unsexed and require heat for 6 weeks. 🐥 About Black Copper Marans: ✨ Stunning black feathers with rich copper highlights ✨ Calm, hardy, and great for all experience leve

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GlossopDerbyshire
Chickens poultry £2 /each hatching eggs mixed and pure breed  - Advert 6
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£2 /each hatching eggs mixed and pure breed

Chickens

9 monthsAge
MixedSex
£2Price

available for collection or ready for delivery 4 brahma eggs £3/each 6 pekin bantam eggs £3/each 6 olive eggers eggs £3/each 20 mixed breed (lucky dip ) £2/each postage ,next day delivery with royal mail High-quality fertile hatching eggs available from healthy, well-cared-for chickens. Our birds are regularly checked and kept in clean, spacious conditions to ensure

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RomfordGreater London
5.0
Chickens poultry Pekin bantams all female  - Advert 7
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Pekin bantams all female

Chickens

6 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Pekin bantams all female 5 months old vaccinated and wormed suitable for children as they are very friendly they lay lots of small eggs

RushdenNorth Northamptonshire
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Vorverk chickens all female

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Vorverk chickens all female very stunning birds fully vaccinated and wormed large fowl pure breeds they lay a cream egg

RushdenNorth Northamptonshire
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Appenzella in a mix of colours

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Appenzella in a mix of colours chamois, silver laced, blue and pure black fully vaccinated and wormed lovely mohican haircut they are a pure breed

RushdenNorth Northamptonshire
Chickens poultry Americana bantams all female  - Advert 10
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Americana bantams all female

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Americana bantams all female fully vaccinated and wormed they lay a olive or green egg very friendly they have fluffy cheeks

RushdenNorth Northamptonshire
Chickens poultry Lavender pekins - Advert 11
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Lavender pekins

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MaleSex
£15Price

Lavender pekin for sale, that I need to find a good home £10 for the males £15 for females Cash / collection only :) Message me for any more details

CarnforthLancashire
Chickens poultry Hatching eggs mixed  - Advert 12
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Hatching eggs mixed

Chickens

Just BornAge
MixedSex
£1Price

I have mixed breed hatching eggs in my flock I have Wellsummer Buff Orpington Barred rock Light Sussex Black leghorn Olive egger Cream Legbar RIR Rhode Island Red Salmon faverolle And some h

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DoncasterSouth Yorkshire
Chickens poultry Auracana mix  - Advert 13
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Auracana mix

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£15Price

Young and strong rooster…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

BirminghamWest Midlands
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Silkie Chicks

Chickens

5 weeksAge
MixedSex
£15Price

6 week old silkie chickens for sale, mixed colours partridge, grey/white brown/black with partridge as well, unsexed,

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SouthportMerseyside
Chickens poultry Various chickens for sale  - Advert 15
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Various chickens for sale

Chickens

1 yearAge
MixedSex
£123Price

Various chicken breeds for sale Silkies Polish Brahama Pekin Cochin Growers hens pol and some cockerels available

GravesendKent
Chickens poultry Day old pure breed chicks  - Advert 16
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Day old pure breed chicks

Chickens

Just BornAge
MixedSex
£12Price

Day old pure breed chicks Large fowl and bantams Vaccinated Breeds include Day old USA Silkie bantams (unsexed) £12 Pekin bantam (unsexed) (inc frizzle) £12 Serama bantams (unsexed) £12 O

Licensed Breeder
ColchesterEssex
Chickens poultry Quartet of blue laced wyandotte large fowl - Advert 17
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Quartet of blue laced wyandotte large fowl

Chickens

1 yearAge
MixedSex
£300Price

1 cockeral and 3 hens blue laced wyandotte large fowl. Must go as a group. Girls all laying eggs regularly. Eating, drinking and moulting normally. Fertility rate is good. Collection only. Really frie

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BanburyOxfordshire
5.0
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Hybrid Point of Lay Pullets (Hens)

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

POL hybrid pullets (young hens) available, we have: Light Sussex Type Blue Eggers (Yorkshire Blues) White Star Blue Belles 18 weeks old and will start laying in approx 2 weeks. £20 each, collecti

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WiganGreater Manchester
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FAQs

Are chickens considered poultry?

Yes, chickens are considered poultry, which is the category of domesticated birds raised primarily for their meat and/or eggs. They are one of the most common poultry species along with turkeys, ducks, and geese.

How are chickens classified in poultry?

Chickens are classified as a species within poultry and further divided into classes based on age, sex, and purpose such as broilers for meat, layers for eggs, roasters, and capons. There are also standard breed classes including American, Asiatic, Continental, English, Mediterranean, and others.

Do poultry chickens lay eggs?

Yes, female chickens, known as hens once mature, lay eggs regardless of the presence of a male chicken (rooster). Egg-laying ability depends on the breed, with some bred specifically for high egg production while meat breeds lay fewer eggs.

Why can't male chickens be used for meat in egg-laying breeds?

Male chicks from egg-laying breeds are typically not used for meat production because they do not develop the large breast and leg muscles needed for quality meat and are therefore not economically viable. As a result, these male chicks are commonly culled shortly after hatching, while male meat-breed chickens are used for meat.