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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Exciting news 🎉 We have an absolutely stunning selection of Guaranteed Female Bantam Chicks available now 😍 🐥⬇️ Special technology called In-ovo sexing allows the hatchery to only hatch Female Chi
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Point of lay speckledys pullets 19 weeks Old This breeds will lay 280 - 300 brown eggs Fully vaccinated £12.50 each Black rocks , Bluebells , silver Sussex, blue / olive egg layers also avai
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Point of lay Easter egg layers This breeds will lay blue , green, brown , white Colours Black Black and gold Black and silver Blue Cuckoo £15 each
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7 Dutch Bantam Hens for Sale – Good Showing Lines I have 7 Dutch Bantam hens available, with 6 hatched this year and 1 born two years ago. The parents can be seen in the second picture. No cockerels
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🐣🐔 **OUR LAST CHICKS OF THE YEAR… PROBABLY! 😂** 🐔🐣 I've told my wife this is our last hatching of the year… **probably!** 😂 My daughter and I have a lovely selection of Orpingtons and unusual
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Females £20 each Males £15 each Silver birchen Gold birchen White Blue Splash Blacks Of show quality stock
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1 trio (2 hens 1 cockerel) £80 1 pair (1 hen 1 cockerel) £50 POL, Hatched in April Available now, located cumbria
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*pending collection* Beautiful trio, looking for a good home. Reluctant sale as they are very pretty but not suitable for my needs. Boy is fertile and good to his hens. Been around kids since very you
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3 beautiful silver partridge Pekin hens available. Quiet and easy keep, £30 each. 2 salmon partridge unsexed £10 each.
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Available, good quality Silver Laced Wyandotte Bantam Pullets ( Guaranteed as Female ). These are well bred, young ladies, from my own breeding birds. Photos are of the pullets and their parents. They
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🐥🤍 POLISH & SILKIE CHICKS & YOUNG BIRDS AVAILABLE 🤍🐥 We currently have a beautiful selection of Polish, Polish Frizzle and Silkie chicks available, from day olds up to 4 weeks old. 🐣 All our ch
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These are the breeds i currently have available: Hybrids: - White star (white eggs) ⚪️ - Partridge leghorn (white eggs) ⚪️ - Silver Duckwing (white eggs) ⚪️ - Blue Splash (white eggs) ⚪️ - Lavedner s
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All farm bred, hatched & reared. First few starting to lay Olive eggers these have about a 85% chance of laying olive eggs otherwise brown. (Brown birds gold hackles and black birds silver hackles £3
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Chickens available Peterborough. After an overly successful home hatch we have some hens and roos available. Please note I will only sell the pairs together because I was extremely unlucky and hatch
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Available, beautiful little Columbian and Silver/black Pekin Growers, Guaranteed as Female, Pullets. Hatched in July, so fully feathered, and in an outside coop with a covered, roofed over walk in run
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Lovely little pekin frizzle cockerel, silver laced polish cockerel and satin Silkie partridge looking for their new homes. Very handsome and very friendly, happy to be handled. Free to a good home. Bo
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We have some very nice point of lay hens looking for new homes All fully vaccinated Breeds Black rocks Silver Sussex Speckledys ***Price *** £12.50 each
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I have available some silver birchen pullets, they are all hatched this year. Make lovely friendly pets and will lay a reasonable size egg. No Timewasters, good homes only. They will need to be introd
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🖤Elegant, active and full of character, Silver Campines are a stunning traditional breed with striking silver-white plumage and beautiful black barring. They are lively, curious birds Defra register
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We currently have Cream Legbars (blue egg layers)x 2 Copper maran (Dark brown egg)x2 pekin bantams penciled Wyandotte x1 Silver laced Brahma x1 Warren hen aged 3 x1 £5 Cockerels available to go as pa
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Approx. 4 months old, this gorgeous boy was hatched and hand-raised by us and is a really friendly, docile little character. He has stunning silver, black and gold plumage, with all the personality a
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Yes — I’d keep the older Jersey Giant in the advert because it gives buyers an option now, while also creating interest in the new hatch. I’d phrase the Jersey Giant section around “available now / co