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Chicks Chickens Poultry for sale

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 Silkies Bantam hens mixed colours - Advert 1
12

Silkies Bantam hens mixed colours

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£35Price

Silkie hens available. Mix of colours including black, blue, splash, mottled, gold. Hatched last year some September and some October. Getting regular eggs out of them. Great chickens for children, very easy to tame £35 each. Also a trio of white silkies available 2 hens and a cockerel that are not related £75. Hatching eggs available mixed colour silkies £15 per half doze

AshbourneDerbyshire
Chickens poultry Fancy chicks - Advert 2
14

Fancy chicks

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£10Price

Fancy chicks Hi for sale i have Blue laced red Wyandotte x hybrid chicks £10 per chick these are exceptional layers and have laid all through winter ❄️ perfect for backyard flocks friendly and sweet natured chicks they come in assortment of colour's also will have some pekin chicks available next week. Thank you for reading my advertisement, Kay’s hatchery

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WelwynHertfordshire
Chickens poultry Sablepoot Chicks (Booted Bantams) - Advert 3
10

Sablepoot Chicks (Booted Bantams)

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£5Price

Current availability: 2nd March: 5 chicks remaining (mostly black). £5 each. Sold unsexed. 6th March: 4 chicks (mix of colours) £5 each. Sold unsexed. Chicks hatched from my mixed colour Sablepoot pen: I have a blue and black & gold cockerel with lemon millefleur, gold millefleur, black, white, blue, silver millefleur, buff mottled, porcelain and cuckoo hens. Chicks a

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LincolnLincolnshire
Chickens poultry Beautiful Bantam Silkie Chicks   - Advert 4
17

Beautiful Bantam Silkie Chicks

Chickens

5 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

Beautiful Bantam Silkie Chicks I have beautiful and healthy Bantam Silkie chicks available. They are on heat, and feeding and drinking independently. These chicks are sold unsexed and come in a lovely range of colours including lavender, white and black, brown, lavender splash and partridge. Silkies are renowned for their gentle temperament and make excellent family pet

BicesterOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Stunning Bantam Polish Chicks  - Advert 5
4

Stunning Bantam Polish Chicks

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

I have beautiful and healthy Bantam Polish chicks available. They are on heat, and feeding and drinking independently. These chicks are sold unsexed and come in a lovely range of colours Buff Laced: Light gold/tan feathers with white lacing. Silver Laced: White feathers with black edging. Golden Laced: Gold feathers with black edging. White Crested Black: Solid black bod

BicesterOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Warren hybrid female chicks 2 weeks old  - Advert 6
2

Warren hybrid female chicks 2 weeks old

Chickens

2 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£3Price

Warren hybrid female chicks hatched on the 23/02/26 all lively, eating and drinking well. They are priced as follows Minimum of 3 at £5each 4 at £4 each 10 at £3.50 each 20 at £3.25 each 100 at £3 each Any questions please as Thank you

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PeterboroughPeterborough
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Chickens poultry Silkie hatching eggs & silkie chicks  - Advert 1
4

Silkie hatching eggs & silkie chicks

Chickens

5 weeksAge
MixedSex
£15Price

Silkie hatching eggs for sale 6 for £15 Chicks available also Point of lay available Breeding pairs also available We are based just outside of Haywards Heath. For more info please contact Natash

Haywards HeathWest Sussex
Chickens poultry Various Chicks *Hatching Continuously* - Advert 2
11

Various Chicks *Hatching Continuously*

Chickens

Due in 2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£7Price

Hello there! BUFF ORPINGTON AND RHODE ISLAND REDS HATCHING AROUND THE START OF APRIL. £7 each. Please enquire to reserve. We have various breeds of chicks hatching all the time. Breeds depend on what

KenilworthWarwickshire
Chickens poultry Day old pure breed chicks  - Advert 3
3

Day old pure breed chicks

Chickens

1 weekAge
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 Olive eggers (unsexed) £12 (green egg layers) Buff Orpingtons (unsexed) £12 Silver campines (unsexed) £12 (white egg layers) Gold Dutch bantams (unsexed) £12 Gold/Silver

Licensed Breeder
ColchesterEssex
9

🩶USA & STANDARD SILKIE CHICKS 🩶

Chickens

1 dayAge
MixedSex
£10Price

Looking to add some fluff and charm to your flock? Our day-old unsexed Silkie and USA chicks are now ready for new homes! We have multiple different colours available for the perfect mixed flock 🤍�

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GlossopDerbyshire
Chickens poultry Silkie and silkie cross bantams chicks  - Advert 5
10

Silkie and silkie cross bantams chicks

Chickens

6 weeksAge
MixedSex
£10Price

I have 9 lovely silkie and silkie x bantams 6 are pure silkies (fluffy ones) 3 are silkie x pekin bantams Very nice mix of colours. 6 weeks old, unsexed £10 each or all 9 for £70

MarchCambridgeshire
Chickens poultry Day old chicks 11/03/26 - Advert 6
6

Day old chicks 11/03/26

Chickens

3 daysAge
MixedSex
£7Price

Here we have a right mix of day old chicks which will be available on the 11th march they will mainly consist of Rhode Island reds and Brahma however there is chance there could be some frizzle in there along with some bantoms they can be sold from day old contact ************ for any further information around 30 available they will be unsexed

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AltonHampshire
Chickens poultry Day old naked necks  - Advert 7
6

Day old naked necks

Chickens

3 daysAge
MixedSex
£15Price

Hey guys so we have some necked neck chicks due to hatch on the 11th of march 2026. These guys will be unsexed and available as day old chicks around 20 available contact ************ for more information

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AltonHampshire
Chickens poultry Auracana mix  - Advert 8
8

Auracana mix

Chickens

4 monthsAge
MixedSex
£25Price

4 chicks that are about 5 months old and their mother that is two years old. Of this four chicks, 2 are roosters and 2 are hens. Their mother is £25 and each chicks £15

BirminghamWest Midlands
Chickens poultry Point of Lay Chickens - Advert 9
8

Point of Lay Chickens

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

Lots of beautiful chickens available including 15 types of hybrids and 10 types of purebreeds in both Bantam and Large fowl. Breeds include Warrens, Sussex, Rhode rocks, Bluebelles, R.I.R., Leghorns, Brahmas, Faverolles, Pekins Silkies, Polands, Padovanas, Japanese and more. Warren chicks available too. All our birds are kept to high hygiene standards, are bred for hardine

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MaidstoneKent
Chickens poultry Beautiful Black Silkie Chicks - Advert 10
4

Beautiful Black Silkie Chicks

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£10Price

Beautiful Black Bantam Silkie Chicks I have beautiful and healthy Bantam Silkie chicks available. I have chicks both on and off of heat. They are feeding and drinking independently. These chicks are sold unsexed. I also have other colours including lavender, white and black, brown, lavender splash and partridge available at £20 each. Silkies are renowned for their gentl

BicesterOxfordshire
Chickens poultry JERSEY GIANT  - Advert 11
2

JERSEY GIANT

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£5Price

JERSEY GIANT chicks for sale .five pounds each makes the largest chickens in the world .really friendly.

BarnsleySouth Yorkshire
Chickens poultry Silkie Chicks For Sale - Advert 12
5

Silkie Chicks For Sale

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£10Price

- We have silkie chicks hatched 28/2 available and some older chicks hatched 14/2 available. - Gorgeous colours available. - All our hens and cockerels can be seen on collection. - Leyland, Lancashire

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LeylandLancashire
Chickens poultry Serema chicks  - Advert 13
3

Serema chicks

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£8Price

Week old Seramas chicks - worlds smallest chicken in Chester Le Street Week old , *still need heat * Eating & drinking well Unsexed Pics of parents in photos Price per chick

Chester-le-StreetCounty Durham
Chickens poultry pekin chicks mix colours chance frizzle bantam - Advert 14
7

pekin chicks mix colours chance frizzle bantam

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£10Price

Pekin chicks colours include Buff chance of frizzle Black mottled chance of frizzle Blue / blue mottled chance of frizzle Red We also have some usa silkies available And buff orpington chicks available All chicks are unsexed

MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough
Chickens poultry Chickens and chicks read description - Advert 15
21

Chickens and chicks read description

Chickens

6 weeksAge
MixedSex
£30Price

Pekin £12 Hybrid chicks £12 5 weeks old unsexed 3 weeks old silkie chicks £15 5 weeks old silkie chicks £18 Unsexed POL £20-£60 D’uccle bantams Sablepoots 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 Quality Pekin Hatching Eggs excellent fertility  - Advert 16
4

Quality Pekin Hatching Eggs excellent fertility

Chickens

2 daysAge
MixedSex
£15Price

Mixed Pekin hatching eggs. Excellent fertility rates and a range of chick colours can be seen in the photos. Collection or can be posted out in polystyrene boxes at a cost. I also have Silkie eggs but

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WarringtonWarrington
Chickens poultry Hatching eggs  - Advert 17
11

Hatching eggs

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£2Price

Eggs available to collect or post from North Norfolk: Black copper marans (extra dark brown egg strain) Cream Legbars Marsbars (olive eggs) Brahmas (cream/pink egg) Bearded silkies (cream egg) Egg

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NorwichNorfolk
Chickens poultry Chicks an Ducklings in a range of breeds  - Advert 18
31

Chicks an Ducklings in a range of breeds

Chickens

2 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£10Price

We have a great range of Chicks and Ducklings hatching all the time, we offer full starter sets for £69, this is for the cage, feeder, drinker and feed. Chicks are priced at £8-14 each depending on th

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CoalvilleLeicestershire
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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.