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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 Guaranteed female point of lay hybrids  - Advert 1
4

Guaranteed female point of lay hybrids

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£15Price

Plenty to choose from with our coloured hybrids- Bluebells, speckled maran, light Sussex (sold out), silver Sussex, white leghorn, Warren and Black Rock. All great egg layers producing 300 eggs a year. All vaccinated and wormed. £15 each. Collection from Earl Shilton

LeicesterLeicester
Chickens poultry Cockerel needs rehoming!  - Advert 2
5

Cockerel needs rehoming!

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£0Price

Lovely cockerel named Frank. Great temperament but the unfortunately he’s not able to stay due to the noise. Based in Bayford, Hertfordshire.

HertfordHertfordshire
Chickens poultry Silkie bantams all female - Advert 3
2

Silkie bantams all female

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Silkie bantams all female 5 months old vaccinated and wormed we have them in black, gold, gold partidge and white the are 30.00 each

RushdenNorth Northamptonshire
Chickens poultry Bantam Silkie Hatching Eggs Collection/Posted - Advert 4
9

Bantam Silkie Hatching Eggs Collection/Posted

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

6 Bantam Silkie Hatching Eggs – Proven Fertile – Mixed Colours Fresh Bantam Silkie h@tching eggs from a proven fertile flock. Birds are 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 strictly as hatching eg

BicesterOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Bantams fully vaccinated  - Advert 5
20

Bantams fully vaccinated

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£35Price

Available now fully vaccinated Polish bantams Laced polish bantams Pekin bantams Silkie bantams £35 each or 3 for £100 Bahamas Salmon Faverolles £45 each or 3 for £130 All fully vaccinated

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ShifnalShropshire
Chickens poultry Bantam Polish Hatching Eggs Collection/Posted - Advert 6
3

Bantam Polish Hatching Eggs Collection/Posted

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

6 Bantam Polish Hatching Eggs – Proven Fertile – Mixed Colours Fresh Bantam Polish hatching eggs from a proven fertile flock. Birds are healthy, well cared for, and kept in line with current avian influenza biosecurity requirements. Colours within the flock include: Golden, SIlver laced, white crested blue, black crested white, white crested black, buff laced, tolbunt, w

BicesterOxfordshire
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Chickens poultry Light Sussex and rode highland reds  - Advert 1
4

Light Sussex and rode highland reds

Chickens

8 monthsAge
MixedSex
£20Price

Rodehighland reds laying now 4 hens 1 cock light Sussex are around 6 month old 5 runner ducks available young telephone 07377126425

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Stoke-on-TrentStoke-on-Trent
Chickens poultry Light sussex bantams - Advert 2
2

Light sussex bantams

Chickens

4 monthsAge
MixedSex
£75Price

Light sussex bantams 1 trio 2 hens 1 cockeral they are 6 months old vaccinated and wormed the cockeral is unrelated reared here

RushdenNorth Northamptonshire
Chickens poultry Rare Black Sumatra Hatching Eggs - Pack of 6  - Advert 3
21

Rare Black Sumatra Hatching Eggs - Pack of 6

Chickens

6 weeksAge
MixedSex
£45Price

Black Sumatra Hatching Eggs — Rare Heritage Breed We’re delighted to offer fertile Black Sumatra chicken eggs from our carefully selected, well-cared-for small flock. Black Sumatras are a truly stun

WimborneDorset
Chickens poultry Outstanding Bantam Silkie Chicks   - Advert 4
12

Outstanding Bantam Silkie Chicks

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

Bantam Silkie Chicks Looking for Their New Coops 🐥 I have a lovely selection of Bantam Silkie chicks available to loving pet homes. They are currently on heat, eating and drinking well, and thriving. The chicks are being sold unsexed and are a beautiful mix of colours, including lavender, lavender splash, dark and light brown, white, and black. Silkies are a wonderful

BicesterOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Chicks & Chickens - Advert 5
14

Chicks & Chickens

Chickens

15 weeksAge
MixedSex
£8Price

DAY OLD CHICKS.... Pekin bantam chicks (unsexed) £8 each Cream Crested Legbar chicks (Sexed) £15 each (blue egg layers) **Chicks require heat lamp/plate until fully feathered** CHICKENS.... Pekin

NewmarketSuffolk
Chickens poultry All Colour POL Available  in Spalding - Advert 6
9

All Colour POL Available

Chickens

1 yearAge
MixedSex
£15Price

We have the available hens available 🐓 crusted green egger 💚 £25 🐓 gold bantam 💛£25 🐓 welsummer bantam 🧡 £25 🐓 brown and lavender Wyandotte £30 🩵 🐓 brown bantam hen 🧡 £20 🐓 crusted gold bantam hen £25 🐓 white leghorn 🤍 £15 🐓white silkies 🤍 and blue 🩵 £25 🐓 Lohman brown 🧡 £15 🐓 gold line 💛 £15 🐓 copper marans 🤎 £18 🐓 black rocks

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SpaldingLincolnshire
Chickens poultry ayam cemani - Advert 7
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ayam cemani

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MixedSex
£100Price

Lovely pair hen and cockerel hatched in August 2025 ,healthy ,raised only with natural food ,great diet ,with vitamins ,dewormings and probiotics ,hen laying eggs already

RomfordGreater London
Chickens poultry 6 pullets 1 roo - Advert 8
7

6 pullets 1 roo

Chickens

14 weeksAge
MixedSex
£25Price

Here we have our first lot of girls up for sale. 3 exchequer Leghorn. Beautiful birds. Should be laying within the next 4-5 weeks. £25 each or all 3 for £60 3 campine. The colouring on these girls is sublime! Same as above they should be laying within the next 4-6 weeks. £25 each or all 3 for £60 And last but not least we have a silver marren roo that somehow snuck in 😉 T

BedworthWarwickshire
Chickens poultry Buff Orpington Trio - Advert 9
8

Buff Orpington Trio

Chickens

8 monthsAge
MixedSex
£130Price

Great quality trio of our Buff Orpington’s About 20 weeks old We have many Orpington growers in Buff and Black As well as many other types of chickens Check out our website Kentpurebreedchickens.

AshfordKent
Chickens poultry Crested Cream Legbar - Blue Egg Layer  in Preston - Advert 10
3

Crested Cream Legbar - Blue Egg Layer

Chickens

1 yearAge
FemaleSex
£40Price

Crested Cream Legbars Well as per usual with us at Pilling Poultry instead of winding down, we are still mad busy 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ From a day old chick to 8 weeks old Growers to 18 week plus point of lay - Something for everyone It’s always warm in the `’Chick Hut ‘ - Come and have a look - Please enquire as we have so many breeds of chicks hatching, it is impossible to l

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PrestonLancashire
Chickens poultry Silkie Chickens - Advert 11
4

Silkie Chickens

Chickens

14 weeksAge
MixedSex
£35Price

Our rooster and hens have had lots of babies so we are looking for new homes. We have a mix of male and female. Handled a lot with children And socialised with dogs

BrentwoodEssex
Chickens poultry Point of lay Silkie, Polish, Pekin, Faverolle &  - Advert 12
41

Point of lay Silkie, Polish, Pekin, Faverolle &

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£40Price

we have a massive selection of ready to lay Bantams and Hens in stock now. All are fully vaccinated, wormed and ready to start laying. All birds can be seen when you visit and you can choose exactly who you want to take home. Free travel boxes are provided too. We have a fully stocked shop with everything you need for you birds too. All details and pictures can be fo

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CoalvilleLeicestershire
Chickens poultry Day old unsexed silkies for sale  - Advert 13
6

Day old unsexed silkies for sale

Chickens

3 daysAge
MixedSex
£10Price

Hi, We have 10 day old silkie chicks for sale A selection of colours first come first served £10 per chick

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HavantHampshire
Chickens poultry Blue & Green Egg Genetics Chicks, Reared with Love - Advert 14
17

Blue & Green Egg Genetics Chicks, Reared with Love

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£10Price

These gorgeous black chicks are growing up right in my kitchen brooder, where they are handled frequently every single day. From their very first days they’ve been gently picked up, spoken to and cared for closely — which makes a huge difference to their future personality. Chicks raised this way grow into calm, confident, friendly birds that are used to people and far mo

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RuardeanGloucestershire
Chickens poultry Day old female hybrid chicks  - Advert 15
31

Day old female hybrid chicks

Chickens

1 weekAge
FemaleSex
£12Price

Day old hybrid chicks Fully vaccinated Guaranteed female The best laying breeds Breeds Bluebells Light Sussex Silver Sussex Skylines (blue egg layers) Olive eggers (green egg layers) Rhode rocks White stars (white egg layers) Sold as a minimum of 3 Collection only - Marks Tey - Colchester Please check out our Facebook page for more pictures and videos of

Licensed Breeder
ColchesterEssex
Chickens poultry Silkies mixed colours - Advert 16
9

Silkies mixed colours

Chickens

4 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. £35 each. Also a trio of white

AshbourneDerbyshire
Chickens poultry Gold top trio - Advert 17
4

Gold top trio

Chickens

8 monthsAge
MixedSex
£70Price

Trio of gold tops available. Hatched last summer and the Hens are laying. I also have a silver coloured hen and a light Sussex hen available.

AshbourneDerbyshire
Chickens poultry Pure breed bantam hens at point of lay - Advert 18
261

Pure breed bantam hens at point of lay

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£35Price

Pure breed bantam hens 18 weeks old (point of lay) Nice selection of colours available All breeds a suited to mix together Breeds include Pekins - black, black mottled frizzle, silver partridge, gold partridge, black mottled, lavender, black frizzle. Smooth £35, frizzle £40 Polish - lack white crested, lavender white crested, splash white crested, gold laced,

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.