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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 Olive Egger Breeding Trios  - Advert 1
7

Olive Egger Breeding Trios

Chickens

4 monthsAge
MixedSex
£60Price

We have 2 breeding Trios of F1 & F2 Olive Eggers. We have selectively bred these for egg colour and friendliness, from our own breeding stock. They are approximately 17 weeks old at the moment. The parents are either F1 Olive Eggers crossed with Cream Legbars or French Copper Black Marans crossed with Cream Legbar. Each trio is 2 hens with a rooster, perfect for bree

LingfieldSurrey
Chickens poultry Tame blue-gold Araucana cross boy - Advert 2
113

Tame blue-gold Araucana cross boy

Chickens

7 monthsAge
MaleSex
£5Price

For a loving kind forever home only. Merlin is tame, easy to pick up and cuddle as well as in love with my gold silkie who is now raising his chick indoors (see photo). I carry him and his dad indoors every night and out every morning, but the vocal competition between them has become a problem.. Raised on organic pellets, he has ‘growers’ for breakfast indoors (to limit

BournemouthDorset
Chickens poultry Chickens and chicks read description - Advert 3
15

Chickens and chicks read description

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

Pekin £12.50 Pekin mix chicks £10 3 weeks unsexed POL £20-£60 Pekin’s Orpingtons Brahmas Hybrid hens Pairs and Trios available Hatching eggs also available Day olds Quails available from day olds to laying hens

FarnboroughHampshire
Chickens poultry Sablepoot/Booted Bantam Pullets - Advert 4
4

Sablepoot/Booted Bantam Pullets

Chickens

6 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£25Price

Mostly hatched mid August other than one cockerel. Most recent photos taken start of January. These birds come from my mixed colour pen of Sablepoot/Sabelpoot booted bantams. 5 females available, black/grey with silver or gold neck feathers or a white bib. A couple if them have now started to lay. £25 each currently or all 5 for £100. 2 cockerels available too £5 each -

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LincolnLincolnshire
Chickens poultry Trio of 2025 Silver Bielefelders POL - Advert 5
6

Trio of 2025 Silver Bielefelders POL

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MixedSex
£95Price

Here I have for sale a trio of my 2025 Silver Bielefelders. Developed in the 1970s in Germany as a duel purpose chicken laying up to two hundred and fifty eggs per year can also be used for meat. Chicks are auto sexing at one day old. Pullets are point of lay. Big friendly birds easily tamed

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SkegnessLincolnshire
Chickens poultry Ayam Cemani 🖤 - Advert 6
21

Ayam Cemani 🖤

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£0Price

Ayam Cemani chicks available. They will be unsexed as they are too young and from dark Fibro birds. The parents have no leakage and are on quality feed and supplements. They are raised in a house with family and animals and handled daily. £20 each. Hatching next : Ayam Cemani Bcm (black copper Maran) Silkie Orpington’s Swedish flower hens Olive egger Cream legbar

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GlossopDerbyshire
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Chickens poultry Pekin bantams  - Advert 1
1

Pekin bantams

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Pekin bantams all female 5 months old vaccinated and wormed reared here many different colours they make a good friendly hen suitable for children

RushdenNorth Northamptonshire
Chickens poultry Cockerel needs rehoming!  - Advert 2
5

Cockerel needs rehoming!

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£0Price

Lovely cockerel named Frank. Great temperament but the unfortunately he’s not able to stay due to the noise. Based in Bayford, Hertfordshire.

HertfordHertfordshire
Chickens poultry Silkie bantams all female - Advert 3
2

Silkie bantams all female

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Silkie bantams all female 5 months old vaccinated and wormed we have them in black, gold, gold partidge and white the are 30.00 each

RushdenNorth Northamptonshire
Chickens poultry Bantams fully vaccinated  - Advert 4
20

Bantams fully vaccinated

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£35Price

Available now fully vaccinated Polish bantams Laced polish bantams Pekin bantams Silkie bantams £35 each or 3 for £100 Bahamas Salmon Faverolles £45 each or 3 for £130 All fully vaccinated

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ShifnalShropshire
Chickens poultry Bantam Silkie Hatching Eggs Collection/Posted - Advert 5
9

Bantam Silkie Hatching Eggs Collection/Posted

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

6 Bantam Silkie Hatching Eggs – Proven Fertile – Mixed Colours Fresh Bantam Silkie h@tching eggs from a proven fertile flock. Birds are healthy, well cared for, and kept in line with current avian influenza biosecurity requirements. Colours within the flock include: Lavender splash, lavender, white, black, light brown and dark brown. Eggs are sold strictly as hatching eg

BicesterOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Serama Bantams  - Advert 6
9

Serama Bantams

Chickens

7 weeksAge
MixedSex
£8Price

Serama bantams Unrelated proven pair £25 Female growers £16 Chicks £8 Beautiful healthy bird collection from Eltham SE9 Defra registered

LondonGreater London
Chickens poultry Ayam Cemani  - Advert 7
21

Ayam Cemani

Chickens

7 monthsAge
MaleSex
£80Price

Beautiful full breed ayam cemani for sale right away Male Well handled growing up Not aggressive with other males

WembleyGreater London
Chickens poultry Breeding male - pure Araucana from exhibition line - Advert 8
1

Breeding male - pure Araucana from exhibition line

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MaleSex
£45Price

Beautiful young pure Araucana cockerel, hatched 08/09/25, now maturing and just beginning to crow. Bred from an established, award-winning line and only available as we have multiple males from the hatch. Healthy, alert and well handled. Nice upright type with developing muffs/tufts and correct slate legs. He has been raised on quality feed and is used to people, making

RuncornHalton
Chickens poultry Bantam Polish Hatching Eggs Collection/Posted - Advert 9
3

Bantam Polish Hatching Eggs Collection/Posted

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

6 Bantam Polish Hatching Eggs – Proven Fertile – Mixed Colours Fresh Bantam Polish hatching eggs from a proven fertile flock. Birds are healthy, well cared for, and kept in line with current avian influenza biosecurity requirements. Colours within the flock include: Golden, SIlver laced, white crested blue, black crested white, white crested black, buff laced, tolbunt, w

BicesterOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Buff Orpington Cockerel  - Advert 10
6

Buff Orpington Cockerel

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£10Price

Buff Orpington Cockerel for sale. Hatched August 2025 Currently lives in a mixed flock and has started treading hens. Collection only

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LutonLuton
Chickens poultry Hybrid Hens Point of lay - Advert 11
11

Hybrid Hens Point of lay

Chickens

4 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
Chickens poultry Outstanding Bantam Silkie Chicks   - Advert 12
12

Outstanding Bantam Silkie Chicks

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

Bantam Silkie Chicks Looking for Their New Coops 🐥 I have a lovely selection of Bantam Silkie chicks available to loving pet homes. They are currently on heat, eating and drinking well, and thriving. The chicks are being sold unsexed and are a beautiful mix of colours, including lavender, lavender splash, dark and light brown, white, and black. Silkies are a wonderful

BicesterOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Crested Cream Legbar Chicks blue egg layers  in Ammanford - Advert 13
6

Crested Cream Legbar Chicks blue egg layers

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£10Price

Beautiful crested cream legbar chicks are a fantastic addition to any flock! Blue egg layers Auto sexing - males and females can be identified at hatch Hatched 8/2/26 second hatch 16/2/26 Males an

AmmanfordCarmarthenshire
Chickens poultry Hatching eggs mixed hybrids  - Advert 14
5

Hatching eggs mixed hybrids

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£12Price

Have a lovely range of mixed hybrids hatching eggs at £2 per egg. I post by Royal Mail 24hr tracked. Or collection is Southend on sea Essex. I only send out fresh eggs and post Monday to Thursday.

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Southend-on-SeaSouthend-on-Sea
Chickens poultry Light Sussex exhibition large fowl - Advert 15
5

Light Sussex exhibition large fowl

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£45Price

We have available 8 beautiful light Sussex hens! These are all exhibition large fowl and £45 each. More breeds available, make sure you look at my other adverts!! Message me with any questions or to arrange viewing/collection!

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St NeotsCambridgeshire
5.00
Chickens poultry Welsummers - Advert 16
4

Welsummers

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£45Price

6 gorgeous welsummer hens available! They’re large fowl and £45 each Lots of different breeds available, so make sure you look at my other adverts! Please feel free to message me with any questions or to arrange viewing/collection!

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St NeotsCambridgeshire
5.00
Chickens poultry POL CHICKENS AVAILABLE  - Advert 17
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POL CHICKENS AVAILABLE

Chickens

10 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£15Price

🐓HAPPY HENS POULTRY🐓 WE OUR RENOWNED FOR SELLING BEAUTIFUL HAPPY HEALTHY HENS IN ESSEX Here at happy hens licensed poultry breeders We have various Hens available at POL all hens are fully vaccinated and wormed up too date The breeds we have available are CopperMaran £23.00 Black tails £18.00 Bovan Brown£15.00 Goldline £15.00 White star (lay blue eggs) £23.00 Light

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GraysThurrock
Chickens poultry Chickens Point of lay hens - Advert 18
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Chickens Point of lay hens

Chickens

10 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

BACK IN STOCK NOW, a variety of different coloured blue egg laying hens!! We have available some beautiful chickens. These lovely point lay hens are around 22 weeks old and at the start of their career! They’re treated for worms and fully vaccinated. Only Copper Black Marans (dark brown egg layer) and Skylines (blue egg layer) left available now. These are £20 each or 10

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St NeotsCambridgeshire
5.00
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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.