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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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

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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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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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

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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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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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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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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

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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

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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.

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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,

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16 week old point of lay hybrid pullets (White Star, Bluebelle and Blacktail) available for new homes from 17th February. Fully vaccinated.

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Trio Light Sussex Bantams, last years birds just starting to lay, nice quality birds. Price is for a Trio but do have more birds available

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5 hens, 1 cock. Not related. 8 months old. Nice friendly birds. Were wormed in November. Must go as a group

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We have 2 breeding Trios of F1 & F2 Olive Eggers. We have selectively bred these for egg colour and friendliness, from our own breeding stock. They are approximately 17 weeks old at the moment. The parents are either F1 Olive Eggers crossed with Cream Legbars or French Copper Black Marans crossed with Cream Legbar. Each trio is 2 hens with a rooster, perfect for bree

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Breaking my heart to have to look for a more appropriate home for Merlin. Hoping to move to a more rural setting but it's not going to happen as soon as I'd like. Merlin is tame, easy to pick up and cuddle and very bonded to me, as well as in love with my gold silkie who is now raising his chick indoors (see photo). I carry him and his dad indoors every night and out every

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We have day old buff Orpingtons up to 2 weeks old buff Orpingtons these are all unsexed Picture of parents in pictures We also have various pekin chicks hatching daily too inbox for more info All
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.