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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8 weeks old, lovely friendly things. Very gentle and great with kids and dogs. Looking for 5* forever homes!
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3 handsome boys looking for a new flocks. We simply have too many cockerels for our hens and they keep getting picked on by the geese 🙄. They get on really well together but can go to new flocks sepa
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Eggs available to collect or post from North Norfolk: Marsbars x leghorn (olive eggs) Brahmas (cream/pink egg) Bearded silkies (cream egg) Cream legbar (blue egg) Eggs are £1.50 each plus postage
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Beautiful home-raised Silkie chicken available from our small countryside flock near Stansted / Great Dunmow. We regularly have available: 🥚 Fertilised hatching eggs 🐥 Silkie chicks of different ag
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A great selection of hybrid hens All pol at 18-22 weeks Fully vaccinated Recently wormed Breeds lemon cuckoos Silver Sussex Millefluer leghorn (white egg layers) Mottled leghorns (white egg layer
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Pure breed bantam hens 18 weeks old (point of lay) Nice selection of colours available All breeds a suited to mix together Breeds include Pekins - black, black mottled frizzle, silver partri
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Cream Crested Legbar Chicks These are Female and will lay a blue egg This is an auto sexing breed which can be sexed from hatch They require a heat plate/lamp until fully feathered Please bring a
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Two Silkie Chicks for sale in Black and Buff, hatched by myself on the 22nd April, the eggs I bought are from a pedigree Silkie Breeder in the Cotswolds. These chicks are unsexed, as it is extremely
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Hi Iam selling baby chick /chicken they well behave ready to be leave forever home please ask me more ( have some budgies is willl baby and young to adult available if u need please let me know ) n
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5 Day Old Chicks We’re delighted to be taking orders for our next batch of 5 day old chicks from our much-loved Silkie flock. Our Flock🐓 Our Silkies come from our loved family flock, cared for by
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Beautiful Barbu D'uccle chicks available. The are unsexed and require heat plate/lamp until fully feathered. Please bring a suitable carrier/box Collection Wickhambrook CB8 To be sold in a group o
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Light Sussex and speckled cross chicks Mix of white, beautiful golden colour and black Unsexed ages ranging from 1-3wks old
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We’re delighted to have some 5 day old chicks from our much-loved Silkie flock available now. Our Flock🐓 Our Silkies come from our loved family flock, cared for by my son, Harrison (aged 5) and sp
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I have 2 gorgeous USA silkies bantams left available they are Point of lay. £35 each collection Southend on sea
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Pullets for Sale! We have 3 hens available and 1 cockerel available for collection now. These can go separately. The cockerel is a barred rock and the hens are light Sussex, Rhode Island Red and
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Chicks for sale IP28 Chicks available : Lavender Orpingtons - £12. Blue Orpingtons - £12. Salmon Faverolles - £12. Polish (from a mixed flock) - £10. Bourbon Red Turkeys - £15. Growers: (sexed
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Silkie cockerels, 16 weeks old hatched them myself, all very friendly, reluctant to get rid of them because they are all lovely but unfortunately cannot have 5 cockerels all together. Viewings welco

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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
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Lovely rooster needing a new home, buyer must catch it and bring a box to transport it. not 100% sure of his age as we brought from a lady who couldn’t carer for him, we would like to find him a lov
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Hi we are selling some of our chicken hatching eggs! We have gold line x cream leg bar eggs. We also have white star x cream leg bar eggs. £10 for 6 Please feel free to contact us for any questions,
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Beautiful fresh eggs from my Giant Brahma Hens. Colours include Lavender, Blue, Splash, Black and White. Eggs collected daily to ensure freshness. Postage available. £3 per egg
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Late autumn hatch of all boys and I need to rehome one. Lovely chap, very gentle, used to children other roosters, hens, ducks and angry nesting geese!
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Mixed Fertile Hatching Eggs –crested Indian runners ducks, Pure Serama, Bantam & Large Fowl Hybrids We have a selection of fresh, fertile hatching eggs available from our healthy and well-cared-for b
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Beautiful Polish Chicks in various colours. Both smooth and frizzle available. Unsexed chicks. Require heat lamp or heat plate until fully feathered. Please bring a suitable carrier/box Collectio