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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 All Colour POL Available  - Advert 1
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All Colour POL Available

Chickens

1 yearAge
MixedSex
£15Price

Hi there 👋🏼 🚨 NEW STOCK 🚨 🐓 White Star – £15 each 🐓 Leghorn – £15 each 🐓 Lohman Brown – £15 each 🐓 Goldline – £15 each 🐓 Copper Marans – £18 each 🐓 Black Rocks – £18 each 🐓 Silver Sussex – £18 each 🐓 Light Sussex – £18 each 🐓 Speckled Marans – £18 each 🐓 Bluebells – £18 each - 🐦 Quails – £10 each - 🐦 Hatching Quail eggs available - 🐦 Hatching Guine

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SpaldingLincolnshire
Chickens poultry 🩶🧡DAY OLD ORPINGTONS🧡🩶 - Advert 2
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🩶🧡DAY OLD ORPINGTONS🧡🩶

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£12Price

🐣 Day-old chicks available 🐣 Buff Orpingtons & Silver Laced Orpingtons – From large, friendly parent birds – Well handled from hatch – Raised on high-protein feed with added vitamins 🔸 Unsexed 🔸 Will require heat for approx. 6 weeks Also available: • Cream Legbars • Black Copper Marans • Olive Eggers • Silkies & USA Silkies • Ayam Cemani Message for availability an

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GlossopDerbyshire
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Rainbow egg layers at point of lay

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

These point of lay Hens are all fully vaccinated, wormed and treated for mites. Loads of breeds and egg colours to choose from too. Priced at £20-35 depending on breeds. We have a cracking selection of Poultry in stock here at New Cottage Poultry, we also have an on site shop for everything you need. Come along and have a look around anytime we’re open Monday, Thur

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CoalvilleLeicestershire
Chickens poultry Hybrid Hens Point of lay - Advert 4
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Hybrid Hens Point of lay

Chickens

6 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

Fully vaccinated point of lay Hybrids Hens. Available from 23rd February Wide selection; Light Sussex Speckled Rhode island hybrids Marigolds Blue bells Road rocks Welsummer hybrids White stars Silver Sussex Mottled legbars £20 each Crested cream legbars - blue egg Aracana hybrids - olive egg Copper maran hybrids - dark egg £30 each Carry home boxes availabile a

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ShifnalShropshire
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Vorverk chickens all female

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Vorverk chickens all female very stunning birds fully vaccinated and wormed large fowl pure breeds they lay a cream egg

RushdenNorth Northamptonshire
Chickens poultry Auracana mix  - Advert 6
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Auracana mix

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MaleSex
£15Price

Young and strong rooster…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

BirminghamWest Midlands
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Fertile Hatching Eggs: Blue, Cyan, Green, Olive

Chickens

6 daysAge
MixedSex
£2Price

I’ve chosen my best layers to cross with my pure lavender Araucana roosters. The hens laid reasonably well right through the winter, even though the coop wasn't heated, and they are now in full prod

LondonGreater London
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Pure Breed & Mixed Poultry Eggs Available

Chickens

1 dayAge
FemaleSex
£3Price

Pure breed and mixed poultry eggs available from a healthy, well kept flock. Breeds include: Black Appenzeller (rare), Brahma, Rhode Island Reds, Polish, Cream Legbar (blue egg layers), Runner Ducks,

BarnsleySouth Yorkshire
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Female Chicks off heat, 4 weeks old

Chickens

4 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£10Price

Chicks off heat Around 4 weeks old Mixture of breeds, polish, moran, legbar, easter egger, white star. All sexed, all female. First come first served basis Collection only £10 each

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NottinghamNottingham
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Black Pekin Bantams , 3 Hens & 1 Matching Cockerel

Chickens

2 yearsAge
MixedSex
£25Price

We are looking for a 5-star home for our beautiful group of Black Pekin Bantams, (3 Hens & 1 Cockrell). This includes three healthy, point-of-lay hens and one handsome, unrelated cockerel. These bir

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BradfordWest Yorkshire
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Point of Lay Hybrids For Sale!

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£25Price

Breeds: - burford browns £35 - marigold £25 - lavender splash £28 - light Sussex £25 - silver Sussex £28 - partridge leghorns £30 - green egg layers £35 - blue egg layers £35 - millfleurs £32 - Rhode

WorcesterWorcestershire
Chickens poultry Sablepoot Hatching Eggs (Booted Bantams) - Advert 6
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Sablepoot Hatching Eggs (Booted Bantams)

Chickens

15 weeksAge
MixedSex
£10Price

Special offer: 24 eggs for £30. 6 eggs £10, 12 eggs £18, larger quantities of eggs can take me a few days to collect. Royal Mail 24hr Tracked Postage £5.99. Hatching eggs available from my flock of m

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LincolnLincolnshire
Chickens poultry Sablepoot/Booted Bantam Cockerel - Advert 7
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Sablepoot/Booted Bantam Cockerel

Chickens

8 monthsAge
MaleSex
£5Price

Chicks and hatching eggs also available. Hatched mid August 2025. From my mixed colour pen of Sablepoot/Sabelpoot booted bantams. One Cockerel available £5. Petite birds which will grow in to love

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LincolnLincolnshire
Chickens poultry Chicks and Ducklings in a wide range of breeds  - Advert 8
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Chicks and Ducklings in a wide range of breeds

Chickens

Just BornAge
FemaleSex
£12Price

We always have loads of Chicks and Ducklings in stock, feel free to visit any time we’re open All stock is up to date online New Cottage Poultry We have a fantastic selection of all types of Poult

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CoalvilleLeicestershire
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Polish, Silkie & Pekin Bantam Hens

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£40Price

We have a wonderful selection in stock to come and see. All fully vaccinated, wormed and ready to lay. The Bantam Hens are priced at £40 each We have a fantastic selection of all types of Poultry in

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CoalvilleLeicestershire
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La Bresse - Point of Lay hens and hatching eggs

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

We have hens hatched last half of 2025 hence selling cheaper, in lay now. LAST handful available! 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.

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KidwellyCarmarthenshire
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Mixed Silkie Hatching aEggs

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£2Price

Hi, I’ve got Silkie hatching eggs available at £2 each plus postage. They come from 7 different colour pens: cuckoo, mottled, buff, splash, red, red pyle, and mixed, so there’s a really nice variety o

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CrookCounty Durham
5.0
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Trio of Pekin Bantam Hens

Chickens

7 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

We are very sadly looking to rehome our 3 lovely pure bred Pekin Bantam hens. - Blue Frizzle (8 months old) - Blur Smooth (10 months old) - Silver Laced (20 months old) I would like them to go t

TetburyGloucestershire
Chickens poultry Buff Orpington hens  - Advert 13
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Buff Orpington hens

Chickens

6 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£60Price

2x buff Orpington hens around 6 months 1x big brown One pinky colour lovely/ calm Only reason for selling is that they seem to be getting picked on by my 3 bantam pekins. Shockingly by how big th

DenbighDenbighshire
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Hybrid Point of Lay Pullets (Hens)

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

POL hybrid pullets (young hens) available, we have: Light Sussex Type Blue Eggers (Yorkshire Blues) White Star Blue Belles 18 weeks old and will start laying in approx 2 weeks. £20 each, collecti

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WiganGreater Manchester
5.0
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Rhode Rock - Point of Lay Chickens

Chickens

13 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£24Price

Rhode Rock is a tough and reliable hybrid bred to lay a good number of eggs, especially good at free ranging and foraging. Temperament: Confident hardy hen Eggs: Brown Beginners: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Children: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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NewentGloucestershire
ADVANCED
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Point of Lay Brown Hybrids

Chickens

13 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£18Price

Depending on availability these are usually Lohman or Warren types. Temperament: Friendly productive hen Eggs: Brown Beginners: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Children: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Winter laying: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Notes: Commercial-style layer

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NewentGloucestershire
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4 week old cockrels

Chickens

4 weeksAge
MaleSex
£5Price

I have: 1 Cream Legbar cockerel, £5 1 Farm Yard Mix black cockerel, £5 1 Farm Yard Mix (possibly Easter Egger cross) tan cockerel, £5 2 Mille Fleur Pekin Bantam cockerels, £5 each 1 Black and White Pe

UlcebyNorth Lincolnshire
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Mottled and Coloured Hybrids POL

Chickens

13 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Layer of white or cream coloured eggs with the striking Mottled/Millefleur mottled plumage. Prices vary depending on age and breed - please check website. Point of lay females available, vaccinated

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NewentGloucestershire
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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.