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Eggs for hatching 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 hatching eggs mixed and pure breed  - Advert 1
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hatching eggs mixed and pure breed

Chickens

7 monthsAge
MixedSex
£3Price

available for collection or ready for delivery 6 USA silkie eggs £3/each 4 brahma eggs £3/each 6 pekin bantam eggs £2.50/each 6 olive eggers eggs £2.50 each 20 mixed breed (lucky dip ) £2.50/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 cle

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RomfordGreater London
Chickens poultry Bantam Silkie Hatching Eggs Collection/Posted - Advert 2
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Bantam Silkie Hatching Eggs Collection/Posted

Chickens

6 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

6 Bantam Silkie Hatching Eggs – Proven Fertile – Mixed Colours Fresh Bantam Silkie hatching eggs laid each day from a proven fertile flock. Our flock is 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 stric

BicesterOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Silkies Bantam hens mixed colours - Advert 3
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 Sablepoot Chicks (Booted Bantams) - Advert 4
10

Sablepoot Chicks (Booted Bantams)

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£5Price

Current availability: 2nd - 6th March: 7 chicks remaining. £6 each. Sold unsexed. More chicks due 20th March! 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 are a mixture of colours, please message f

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LincolnLincolnshire
Chickens poultry 6 Bantam Polish Hatching Eggs - Advert 5
6

6 Bantam Polish Hatching Eggs

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

Fresh Bantam Polish hatching eggs laid each day from a proven fertile flock. Our flock is healthy, well cared for, and kept in line with current avian influenza biosecurity requirements. Colours within the flock include: Buff Laced: Light gold/tan feathers with white lacing. Silver Laced: White feathers with black edging. Golden Laced: Gold feathers with black edging. Whi

BicesterOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Brahma Large Fowl Hatching Eggs - Advert 6
15

Brahma Large Fowl Hatching Eggs

Chickens

7 weeksAge
MixedSex
£18Price

Hatching eggs: 6 eggs £18, 12 eggs £36. Flat Rate Royal Mail 24hr Tracked Postage £5.99. Larger quantities of eggs can take me a few days to collect. From my flock of large fowl mixed colour Brahma. I have an Isabel cockerel, a Buff Blue Colombian Cockerels, 4 Buff Blue Colombian hens, 1 Blue Gold Laced, 1 Dark, 1 Red Pyle and 1 Blue Splash. (We also have a couple of bl

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LincolnLincolnshire
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Mixed Bantam HATCHING EGGS

Chickens

2 daysAge
MixedSex
£12Price

Hatching eggs available from my mixed flock of Pekin and Silkie bantams. Most eggs will be full Pekin, some will be full Silkie or crosses of the two. Lovely range of colours including lavender. A

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WiganGreater Manchester
5.0
Chickens poultry Bantam Polish Chickens  - Advert 2
9

Bantam Polish Chickens

Chickens

1 dayAge
MixedSex
£10Price

Beautiful and healthy bantam Polish chicks they are on heat and feeding and drinking well these chicks are unsexed and come in a lovely range of colours Polish chickens are renowned for their excell

Barrow-upon-HumberNorth Lincolnshire
5

Hybrid chicks for sale

Chickens

6 daysAge
MixedSex
£8Price

***CONTINUOUSLY HATCHING*** Hybrid chicks for sale. Dad is buff columbian brahma, mums are Lohmann Browns. Great egg layers. Lay 300 eggs a year. CURRENTLY : 6 girls 3 boys £8 each chick. Fer

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CoventryWest Midlands
Chickens poultry Silkie hatching eggs for sale - Advert 4
5

Silkie hatching eggs for sale

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£5Price

Silkie hatching eggs for sale £10 for a box of 6, also selling silkie chickens too, trying to sell mostly males, message me for more information as if you want chicken’s then they will cost a bit more :) Cash/collection only

CarnforthLancashire
Chickens poultry 6x Polish Hatching Eggs - Fast Shipping 🥚🐣🐥 - Advert 5
12

6x Polish Hatching Eggs - Fast Shipping 🥚🐣🐥

Chickens

11 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

For sale: A beautiful set of six fertile Polish chicken eggs from my happy, free-range hens. These eggs come from a diverse flock, known for their vibrant colors and strong hatching potential. I offer

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SpaldingLincolnshire
Chickens poultry 6x Silkie USA Hatching Eggs - Fast Shipping 🥚🐣🐥 - Advert 6
13

6x Silkie USA Hatching Eggs - Fast Shipping 🥚🐣🐥

Chickens

11 weeksAge
MixedSex
£25Price

For sale: A beautiful set of six fertile Silkie chicken eggs from my happy, free-range hens. These eggs come from a diverse flock, known for their vibrant colors and strong hatching potential. I offer

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SpaldingLincolnshire
Chickens poultry MIXED HATCHING EGGS - Pekin, Silkie, Pekin/Silkie - Advert 7
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MIXED HATCHING EGGS - Pekin, Silkie, Pekin/Silkie

Chickens

7 weeksAge
MixedSex
£12Price

Fresh hatching eggs available from my mixed flock of Pekin’s and Silkies, some will be pure Pekin and Silkie and some will be Pekin x Silkie. Lovely mix of colours. They will be collected fresh to or

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WiganGreater Manchester
5.0
Chickens poultry Show quality serama hatching eggs and chicks  - Advert 8
7

Show quality serama hatching eggs and chicks

Chickens

6 daysAge
MixedSex
£3Price

Hey chicken enthusiasts! Exciting news—my beautiful serama bantams are laying, and the fertility rate on these hatching eggs has been fantastic so far. Seramas are a true bantam breed, being the smal

TadworthSurrey
5.0
Chickens poultry 🐥Sablepoot hatching eggs and chicks available 🐥 - Advert 9
4

🐥Sablepoot hatching eggs and chicks available 🐥

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£3Price

Hey chicken enthusiasts! Exciting news—my beautiful sablepoot bantams are laying, and the fertility rate on these hatching eggs has been fantastic so far. Sablepoots are a true bantam breed, known fo

TadworthSurrey
5.0
Chickens poultry Silkie hatching eggs & silkie chicks  - Advert 10
6

Silkie hatching eggs & silkie chicks

Chickens

6 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 Pekin bantam pullets - ready togo - Advert 11
4

Pekin bantam pullets - ready togo

Chickens

10 weeksAge
MixedSex
£35Price

Beautiful, tame, pekin bantams mixed colours 18 availble, ready to go they are off heat and on growers feed currently ready for there forever homes, pure breed no crosses.... £35 each or 2 for £64 W

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WaterloovilleHampshire
Chickens poultry Cornish/Indian game, hatching eggs - Advert 12
1

Cornish/Indian game, hatching eggs

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

I am selling hatching eggs, I already have some in the incubator and they are fertile. £20 for 6 plus p p which is approximately £6 depending on what postage you require

WelwynHertfordshire
Chickens poultry Bantam hatching eggs  - Advert 13
6

Bantam hatching eggs

Chickens

Due in 1 dayAge
MixedSex
£3Price

🐣 Bantam Hatching Eggs Available 🐣 Mixed Colours – Beautiful Garden Flock I have fertile bantam hatching eggs available from my small, well-cared-for flock. ✨ Possible colours include: • Porcelain

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HorshamWest Sussex
Chickens poultry Barred Plymouth Rock hatching eggs - Advert 14
4

Barred Plymouth Rock hatching eggs

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£0Price

High quality Barred Plymouth Rock hatching eggs from healthy, well maintained breeding stock. Barred Plymouth rocks are a dual purpose breed, known for its beautiful black and white feathers, friend

RichmondCounty Durham
Chickens poultry Bresse Hatching Eggs (and chicks). - Advert 15
3

Bresse Hatching Eggs (and chicks).

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£12Price

Hatching eggs available from our flock of Bresse chickens. Bresse are a fantastic French breed, fast growing and renowned for their flavour (and striking blue legs!). They also make respectable laye

WhitlandCarmarthenshire
Chickens poultry Serama Hatching Eggs  - Advert 16
4

Serama Hatching Eggs

Chickens

11 weeksAge
MixedSex
£2Price

Serama hatching eggs available for postage or collection. Eggs posted from Monday to Thursday. Fertility is above 90%, I currently have their eggs in an incubator. £2.50 per egg and £5 postage. Ple

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RickmansworthHertfordshire
Chickens poultry Salmon Favarolles - Pure Breed - Hens & Roosters - Advert 17
9

Salmon Favarolles - Pure Breed - Hens & Roosters

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£30Price

Pure Breed salmon faverolle hens and roosters the hens for sale are approaching 6 months old, near point of lay - £30 each can do a trio - 2 hens, 1 rooster for £60 have some beautiful rooters for

GooleEast Riding of Yorkshire
Chickens poultry Buff Orpington Hatching Eggs - Advert 18
3

Buff Orpington Hatching Eggs

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£12Price

Fertile buff orpington hatching eggs for sale. From excellent quality unrelated parent stock. 6 eggs £12 collected or £20 posted

PrestonLancashire

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.