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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Two roosters for sale and looking for some new ladies We have a pure red light Sussex who hasn't crowded but we're pretty sure is a rooster We also have a mottled pekin who is crowing They can bo
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Two lovely gentle brahma cockerels. 1. Buff Colombian Brahma is a big boy very gentle and easily handled. 2. Dark Brahma slightly smaller but still big. Also gentle but a bit more shy. Both are pure b
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Light Sussex male- 4 weeks old. Looking for a loving home, unfortunately we already have a cockerel and don’t have enough hens for two. Will look similar to the second picture when grown Based i
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I have a few adult hens to rehome, due to our new chicks growing. The Wyandotte (dark red) is just over a year old and the Lohman Browns (light and dark brown, with white) are two years old. All mix w
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Rooster for sale just over a year old alone will be £30 You can get two egg laying chickens with him for £80 I will not sell only chickens either rooster on its own or he rooster with chickens
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Two beautiful White Leghorn cockerels available for sale. Both hatched 3rd April 2026, now 10 weeks old. They are healthy, active, and free range raised in a home garden environment. Both have love
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Healthy hen and cockerel , selling due to work commitments. I have feed and equipment go free as well.
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🐣 Mixed Breed Chicks – Hatched Monday! 🐣 All unsexed These chicks come from a stunning mixed flock of Polish and Silkies, running with a handsome Frizzle cockerel. With such a colourful mix of br
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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
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We've a little flock of gorgeous, hand reared, friendly pekins for sale. 1 cuckoo cockerel (4 months old) 1 cuckoo hen (4 months old; POL) 3 black hens (two are a year old {and laying}, one is 3 m
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These two baby pekin bantam are believed to be females and are friendly. There also very playful and cute.£10 each
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I have two hens and one cockerel and the set up for sale the hens have just started laying eggs again David peckem the cockerel he is a very caring cockerel for his hens he is a real gentleman then we
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We have three lovely mixed breed cockerels looking for a forever home. One is completely black and the other two are Rhode Island types. All hand reared and very tame! Currently 9 weeks old. £10 each
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Two beautiful pekin bantams for a good home. These are around about 7-8 weeks old. Used to the outdoors, very calm when handled, love their food, been very good around children.
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Last 3 boys from last years hatch looking for new homes with their own ladies. Lovely boys with great temperaments, two straight feather and one silky feathered.
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I have two silkie chicks left looking for a loving home. I also have a Duccle Roo ready for find his forever home
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Two Silkie Chicks for sale in Black and Buff, hatched by myself on the 22nd April, the eggs I bought are from a pedigree Silkie Breeder in the Cotswolds. These chicks are unsexed, as it is extremely
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I’m offering two young chicks, raised in an incubator, ready to find a calm home, ideally on a farm. I’m unsure if one is a rooster and the other a hen, but they are well-fed and have had no vaccinati
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Hatching eggs available from our exhibition Gold Laced Bantam Wyandottes! An attractive addition to your garden flock, wyandottes are calm, great layers, good broodies and enjoy being busy. Eggs are
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Two lovely boys hatched out last August. Raised by me and the kids, very calm birds and used to being handled. Really lovely little guys, we just don’t have the space for them and need to even out our
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Beautiful black silkie chicks. Two weeks old and feeding well, Still on heat Unsexed at the minute
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Hatching eggs from my 2025 super rare Silver Bielefelders now laying well and cockerels doing their job. Bielefelders were created in Germany in the 1970s as the ultimate dual purpose bird (worth goo
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I have two beautiful cream legbar cockerals incubated by myself.. they have been wormed , and went outside at 6 weeks , they are currently 8 weeks old.