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Hens 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 Ayam Cemani 🖤 - REDUCED THIS WEEKEND - Advert 1
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Ayam Cemani 🖤 - REDUCED THIS WEEKEND

Chickens

9 weeksAge
MixedSex
£15Price

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. Chicks from 1 day - 2 weeks Hatching next : Ayam Cemani Bcm (black copper Maran) Silkie Orpington’s Swedish flower hens Olive egge

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GlossopDerbyshire
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Day old chicks due 11/04/26

Chickens

Due in 4 daysAge
MixedSex
£5Price

Day old chicks mainly a cross of Brahma cockerel and rhode island red hens. Possibly if you lucky there could also be some frizzle, and bantam in them if they have managed to fertilise any please see pictures for parents. Please not these guys are due to hatch on the 11th of April so this it just to get people interest in them and to start a list of people I can contact

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AltonHampshire
Chickens poultry Chickens and chicks read description - Advert 3
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Chickens and chicks read description

Chickens

9 weeksAge
MixedSex
£30Price

3 week old pekin chicks £12 Unsexed 9 week old Hybrid pullets £20 POL £20-£60 Serama’s D’uccle bantams Sablepoots Pekin’s Hybrid hens Quails available from day olds to laying hens

FarnboroughHampshire
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Ready to lay Hens in a wide range of breeds

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

We have a selection of breeds in stock all year around. Currently we have a lovely group of hens all fully vaccinated, wormed and ready to lay a range of egg colours. Hens are priced at £20-35 depending on breed, we also offer discounts on larger numbers. You can see loads more pics and vids on our social media , New Cottage Poultry is located in the village of Swannin

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CoalvilleLeicestershire
Chickens poultry Chicken, female all breeds - Advert 5
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Chicken, female all breeds

Chickens

7 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£18Price

Brown Warren £18 Silver sussex £20 Road rock £20 BRAHMA GOLD £50 Bluebell £20 Ligh sussex hybrid £20 Speckeldy £20 Silkie £40 (out of stock) White star(top egg layer) £18 Pekin bantam £32 (out of stock) Come and see healthy hens are vaccinated. Most will start laying eggs in 3 weeks time. Based in Bedford

BedfordBedford
Chickens poultry Point of lay hens copper black Maran hens  - Advert 6
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Point of lay hens copper black Maran hens

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£25Price

Beautiful copper black Maran hens for sale, 20 weeks point of lay, lovely dark brown shells to their eggs. Lovely hens to have around with their slightly feathered feet, great pet hens to follow you around the garden. Collection from princes Risborough HP27 postcode

Princes RisboroughBuckinghamshire
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Pure Breed Rhode Island Red Chicks 0-2weeks

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£12Price

Strong, confident, and wonderfully reliable, the Rhode Island Red is one of the most trusted traditional poultry breeds. With their deep mahogany colouring and hardy nature, these chicks grow into fri

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StroudGloucestershire
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Columbian Blacktail Auto Sexing Hatching Eggs x 6

Chickens

2 daysAge
MixedSex
£13Price

Columbian Blacktail Hatching Eggs Meet Rusty, our handsome Rhode Island Red cockerel, and his six lovely Light Sussex ladies! Together they produce stunning Columbian Blacktail chicks — brilliant laye

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StroudGloucestershire
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Young chick

Chickens

2 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£5Price

Young chicks Three weeks old All hens £5 each at the moment Will need heat lamp Can call for any info

ThetfordNorfolk
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Ancona bantams for sale

Chickens

8 monthsAge
MixedSex
£30Price

pretty pretty, speckled bantams, last year's young, old Mediterranean fowl, hardy, great mothers and layers, from long established bloodline ( 15yrs ) could have kept, but now selling because I want

WincantonSomerset
Chickens poultry 6 x buff Orpington hatching eggs - Advert 5
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6 x buff Orpington hatching eggs

Chickens

1 dayAge
MixedSex
£18Price

6 buff Orpington hatching eggs. Good fertility from 20 hens running with 2 cockerels. Can post Royal Mail24 for £4.45 www.thebuckfarm.co.uk

AshbourneDerbyshire
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Pure breed cream legbar and others available

Chickens

8 monthsAge
MixedSex
£25Price

Cream legbar cockerel and hens available as well as cross breeds..cream legbar cockerel and 4 hens for £100 Other hens £15

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LiversedgeWest Yorkshire
Chickens poultry Cream legbar, chicks, growers, pullers, hens  - Advert 7
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Cream legbar, chicks, growers, pullers, hens

Chickens

Just BornAge
MixedSex
£0Price

We are a small family run chicken breeder in Hampshire who breed a variety of different bantam breeds and more recently we have started to keep some large fowl. We started keeping pekin bantams a few

BordonHampshire
Chickens poultry Hybrid hens, chicks, growers, pullets - Advert 8
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Hybrid hens, chicks, growers, pullets

Chickens

Just BornAge
FemaleSex
£10Price

We are a small family run chicken breeder in Hampshire who breed a variety of different bantam breeds and more recently we have started to keep some large fowl. We started keeping pekin bantams a few

BordonHampshire
Chickens poultry Sablepoot Chicks, Growers, Hens, Hatching Eggs - Advert 9
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Sablepoot Chicks, Growers, Hens, Hatching Eggs

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£10Price

We are a small family run chicken breeder who breed a variety of different bantam breeds and more recently we have started to keep some large fowl. We started keeping pekin bantams a few years ago jus

BordonHampshire
Chickens poultry Pekin Bantam Chicks, Growers, Hens, Hatching Eggs - Advert 10
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Pekin Bantam Chicks, Growers, Hens, Hatching Eggs

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£10Price

We are a small family run chicken breeder who breeds Pekin bantams and more recently we have started to keep other breeds of bantam and also some large fowl. We started keeping pekin bantams a few yea

BordonHampshire
Chickens poultry Chicks (various breeds) - Advert 11
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Chicks (various breeds)

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£8Price

DAY OLD CHICKS.... Pekin bantam chicks (unsexed, Smooth & frizzle) £8 each Polish chicks (unsexed, Smooth & frizzle) £10 each Barbu D'uccle £10 each Cream Crested Legbar chicks (Sexed) £15 each (blue egg layers) **Chicks require heat lamp/plate until fully feathered** CHICKENS.... Pekin Bantam Pullets (young hens) £30 each Silkie Roosters £10 Pekin Bantam Roosters

NewmarketSuffolk
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Hatching Eggs & Chicks - Buffs, Brahma, and more!

Chickens

3 daysAge
MixedSex
£2Price

I have for sale a variety of Hatching Eggs and Chicks reared from my own stock at home on the farm. I have eggs from: Buff Orpington Light Sussex Polish Frizzle Bantams Brahmas Easter Eggers Ayles

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ChinnorOxfordshire
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Aseel Eggs - Eating/Hatching Heavyweight Bloodline

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£50Price

About These Eggs (Pack of 6) I am offering pure Aseel fertile eggs from my home-bred, meticulously cared-for flock. This is a rare opportunity to own eggs from one of the most ancient and revered fig

ManchesterGreater Manchester
Chickens poultry 🐥Sablepoot hatching eggs- (booted bantams)🐥 - Advert 14
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🐥Sablepoot hatching eggs- (booted bantams)🐥

Chickens

3 weeksAge
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 for being super friendly and easy to handle—perfect if you want chickens with personality. In my little flock, I have four lemon Millefleur and two gold Millefleur hens. If you

TadworthSurrey
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Chickens poultry POL CHICKENS AVAILABLE  - Advert 15
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POL CHICKENS AVAILABLE

Chickens

11 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 £23.00 Bovan Brown£15.00 Goldline £15.00 White star (lay blue eggs) £23.00 Light

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GraysThurrock
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La Bresse - Point of Lay hens and hatching eggs

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Very high quality and welfare flock, brough in the UK first imports 7 years ago so premiere in the UK market as quality Bresse stock. Check our website for information and order hatching eggs. We h

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KidwellyCarmarthenshire
Chickens poultry Goldlines laying hens - Advert 17
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Goldlines laying hens

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

Goldlines pullets POL Lovely friendly hybrid hens meaning they are prolific layers laying in excess of 300 eggs a year £20 each or 10 for £150 All feed, bedding and poultry supplies in available

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ColchesterEssex
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Hybrid laying hens

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£25Price

Hybrid laying hens POL Nice variety of hybrids available 🌈 🐔Cooper black Maran (deep rich brown egg layers) £30 ea 🪺Cotswold legbar (Blue eggs) £30 ea 🫒Olive egger (Olive coloured eggs) £30 🐔

Licensed Breeder
ColchesterEssex
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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.