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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 Roosters for sale (and some hens) - Advert 1
9

Roosters for sale (and some hens)

Chickens

9 monthsAge
MixedSex
£40Price

I need to downsize my flock so have decided to sell some of our lovely roosters. We do have a few hens (layers) left, but are selling these as pairs or trios with a rooster. Full size hens: Peeking Bantam, Polish £40 Silkies £50

LondonGreater London
Chickens poultry Laying hens for sale - Advert 2
10

Laying hens for sale

Chickens

11 monthsAge
MixedSex
£25Price

Mixed hens all laying Mixture of Cream legbar Copper maran Cuckoo maran Other hybrid layers available

MalvernWorcestershire
Chickens poultry Mixed size and colour cockerels  - Advert 3
3

Mixed size and colour cockerels

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MaleSex
£0Price

Free to the right home. I understand people don’t want cockerels but thought I’d put these beautiful boys up on here to see if I can find them good homes. Must have hens for them to be with and I’d like to see pictures of the set up you have for them please. I will deliver within reason.

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DaventryWest Northamptonshire
Chickens poultry Satin Silkie Rooster FOC - Advert 4
5

Satin Silkie Rooster FOC

Chickens

11 monthsAge
MaleSex
£0Price

Looking to find a new home for this handsome friendly young Roo. He’s becoming a pain for my old hens who just want to retire in peace, looking to rehome him ASAP he’s got too much energy for them. I also have a pure Silkie rooster in the same colours if anyone would want to take him on also! Please message me, collection only- anytime

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CreditonDevon
Chickens poultry Silkie Chicks For Sale - Advert 5
5

Silkie Chicks For Sale

Chickens

1 weekAge
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 Chickens and chicks read description - Advert 6
21

Chickens and chicks read description

Chickens

5 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
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Chickens poultry Laying hens - Advert 1
1

Laying hens

Chickens

12 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£25Price

Stunning healthy laying hens in need of a new home, selling as reducing numbers. £25 per Hen. Message me for more info

BirminghamWest Midlands
Chickens poultry POL CHICKENS AVAILABLE  - Advert 2
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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 Silkies Bantam hens mixed colours - Advert 3
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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 Bantam hatching eggs  - Advert 4
6

Bantam hatching eggs

Chickens

Due in 1 weekAge
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 Sablepoot Chicks (Booted Bantams) - Advert 5
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 Large fowl Brahma and faverolle hens  - Advert 6
3

Large fowl Brahma and faverolle hens

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£50Price

Point of lay 20 weeks old Blue partridge Brahams hens Gold partridge Brahams hens Salmon faverolles Just a small selection of the birds we currently have available All birds are collection only from Marks Tey - Colchester Please check out our website or Facebook page for all of our stock The Hatch Shed Registered and licensed poultry breeder Thanks Lewis

Licensed Breeder
ColchesterEssex
Chickens poultry Point of Lay Chickens - Over varieties- See video - Advert 7
121

Point of Lay Chickens - Over varieties- See video

Chickens

9 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

Back in stock! We now have a wide range of hybrids and pure breeds available. Point of lay hens in a variety of colours now for sale. Speckled, Bluebells, Black tails, Sussex, Marigolds, Rhode rocks and many others. These girls are fully vaccinated and ready to start laying at their new homes.Lots of new colours and varieties including olive, blue and dark brown layers.

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NewentGloucestershire
Chickens poultry Point of Lay Hens for Sale!  - Advert 8
9

Point of Lay Hens for Sale!

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£25Price

Price Ranges from £25-35 Message me for more information about breeds, prices and availability etc…

WorcesterWorcestershire
Chickens poultry Chicks an Ducklings in a range of breeds  - Advert 9
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 the breed, Ducklings are priced at £10-25 depending on sex and breed 🙂 Please note that it’s collection only and we don’t sell single birds. We have a fantastic selection o

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CoalvilleLeicestershire
Chickens poultry Point of lay Hens in a wide range of breeds  - Advert 10
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Point of lay Hens in a wide range of breeds

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£0Price

Point of lay fully vaccinated, wormed and treated for mites/lice. These Hens vary in price depending on breeds, you can find all of these on our New Cottage Poultry Website 🙂 We have a fantastic selection of all types of Poultry in stock, Hens, Ducks, Geese, Quail, Turkeys, Chicks, Ducklings and more. Our shop is fully stocked with everything you need to keep your bird

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CoalvilleLeicestershire
Chickens poultry Silkeiea chicken - Advert 11
21

Silkeiea chicken

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£100Price

I have 7 silkies chicken for salle 3 roosters and 4 hens 5 months old i sell all together 100£.

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RipleyDerbyshire
Chickens poultry Day old pure breed chicks  - Advert 12
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
Chickens poultry Trio of Brahma Hens - Advert 13
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Trio of Brahma Hens

Chickens

8 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£75Price

Trio of Brahma hens for sale. Lovely birds, hatched the buff columbian ourself, hatch date June 25th 2025. The black ones are about a month older but can’t be 100% on date. Must go together. If you ha

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WolverhamptonWest Midlands
Chickens poultry Poultry for Sale  - Advert 14
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Poultry for Sale

Chickens

8 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£38Price

A selection of pure breed poultry for sale. Large fowl brahmas, wheaten marans, copper marans, light Sussex, Swedish flower hens. Brahma bantams, pekin bantams. Recently wormed. Most are now laying. All £38 each Brahmas £50 each

RomseyHampshire
Chickens poultry Beautiful point of lay hens - range of breeds - Advert 15
6

Beautiful point of lay hens - range of breeds

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

Lovely range of colours available- bluebells, speckledies, warrens, white star, rhode rocks, white Sussex, silver Sussex and small number of blue egg layers. Blue egg layers are £30, all the others are £20.

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BirminghamWest Midlands
Chickens poultry Warren hens for sale  - Advert 16
3

Warren hens for sale

Chickens

3 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

Here we have our 12 week old warrens up for sale. We have over 50 of these available. These will become point of lays in the coming weeks ready for spring contact me on here or on ************

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AltonHampshire
Chickens poultry Auracana mix  - Advert 17
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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 POL silkies various colours available  - Advert 18
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POL silkies various colours available

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£35Price

Various colours Fully vaccinated All Point of lay hens Chicks also available Cash on collection only

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King's LynnNorfolk
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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.