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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 🖤🤎Black Copper Marans 🤎🖤 - Advert 1
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🖤🤎Black Copper Marans 🤎🖤

Chickens

Due in 1 dayAge
MixedSex
£12Price

(Dark speckled eggs!) Chicks will be unsexed and require heat for 6 weeks. 🐥 About Black Copper Marans: ✨ Stunning black feathers with rich copper highlights ✨ Calm, hardy, and great for all experience levels ✨ Famous for their deep dark brown eggs ✨ Strong, reliable layers with lovely temperaments Next to hatch: 🐣 Olive Eggers 🐣 Silkies 🐣Orpingtons 🐣cemanis

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GlossopDerbyshire
Chickens poultry Brahma ,silkie ,easter egger,pure and mixed breed - Advert 2
13

Brahma ,silkie ,easter egger,pure and mixed breed

Chickens

2 daysAge
MixedSex
£3Price

fertile hatching eggs ,brahma ,silkie ,easter egger ,bluebell ,marans & mixed breed ,lucky dip eggs are collected daily and stored correctly please note fertility is high but cannot be 100% guaranteed due to postage /incubation factors collection preferred but can also posted in UK message for availability ,price and details

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RomfordGreater London
Chickens poultry Blue & Green Egg Genetics Chicks, Reared with Love - Advert 3
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 4
31

Day old female hybrid chicks

Chickens

2 weeksAge
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 Coloured hybrid hens at point of lay - Advert 5
17

Coloured hybrid hens at point of lay

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£25Price

A great selection of hybrid hens All pol at 18-22 weeks Fully vaccinated Recently wormed Breeds lemon cuckoos Silver Sussex Millefluer leghorn (white egg layers) Mottled leghorns (white egg layers) Silver partridge leghorn (white egg layer) Burford browns (dark egg layers) Welsumer stars White stars (white egg layers) Ambers Lavender splash rocks Bluebelles Speckled

Licensed Breeder
ColchesterEssex
Chickens poultry POL 16 week old hybrid pullets in Ashbourne - Advert 6
12

POL 16 week old hybrid pullets

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

Lots of lovely 16 week old point of lay hybrid pullets (White Star, Bluebelle and Blacktail) available. Fully vaccinated. They are very friendly and will be great egg layers.

AshbourneDerbyshire
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Chickens poultry Warrens POL - Advert 1
1

Warrens POL

Chickens

7 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£12Price

50 available to go now! Chatting well so they’re very close to laying All fully vaccinated Group discount available

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CinderfordGloucestershire
Chickens poultry Point of Lay Chickens- Colourful eggs - Advert 2
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Point of Lay Chickens- Colourful eggs

Chickens

9 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£0Price

We've got a fresh batch of healthy young chickens ready for new homes from our smallholding in the Forest of Dean. Available Collection slots reopen this Saturday 28th, and we’ve got a great selectio

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CinderfordGloucestershire
Chickens poultry Day Old Chicks  - Advert 3
2

Day Old Chicks

Chickens

1 dayAge
MixedSex
£6Price

4 Freshly hatched mixed-breed chicks available. Lovely fluffy little ones, all different, healthy, bright-eyed and active as shown in photos. Mixed breeds (unsexed) Eating and drinking well Raised in

PerthPerth and Kinross
Chickens poultry Tame blue-gold Araucana cross boy - Advert 4
113

Tame blue-gold Araucana cross boy

Chickens

7 monthsAge
MaleSex
£5Price

For a loving kind forever home only. Merlin is tame, easy to pick up and cuddle 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 morning, but the vocal competition between them has become a problem.. Raised on organic pellets, he has ‘growers’ for breakfast indoors (to limit

BournemouthDorset
Chickens poultry Sexed Hybrid growers - Advert 5
3

Sexed Hybrid growers

Chickens

6 weeksAge
MixedSex
£15Price

I have a batch of mixed hybrid sexed growers from Green, brown, white and cream egg layers £15 each Please see photos of eggs used for hatching showing the mixed colours of eggs you should expect

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HavantHampshire
Chickens poultry Day old unsexed silkies for sale  - Advert 6
6

Day old unsexed silkies for sale

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£8Price

Hi, We have 10 day old silkie chicks for sale A selection of colours first come first served £8 per chick or 6 for £50

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HavantHampshire
Chickens poultry Chickens and chicks read description - Advert 7
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Chickens and chicks read description

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

Pekin £12 Hybrid chicks £10 3 weeks unsexed Day old silkie chicks £12 3 week old silkie chicks £16 Unsexed POL £20-£60 Pekin’s Orpingtons Brahmas Hybrid hens Pairs and Trios available Hatching eggs also available Day olds Quails available from day olds to laying hens

FarnboroughHampshire
Chickens poultry Young tame Black Copper Maran cock - Advert 8
3

Young tame Black Copper Maran cock

Chickens

4 monthsAge
MaleSex
£18Price

A lovely coloured black copper Maran cockerel that’s just maturing nicely ready for your hens this spring. Very tame and likes to be handled. He’s a gentleman.

LeylandLancashire
Chickens poultry Couple of layer hybrids POL - Advert 9
3

Couple of layer hybrids POL

Chickens

6 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Bluebell and Maran hybrids ready to start laying for spring. £30 together or £18 each. Very cute birds.

LeylandLancashire
Chickens poultry Trio of 2025 Silver Bielefelders POL - Advert 10
6

Trio of 2025 Silver Bielefelders POL

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MixedSex
£95Price

Here I have for sale a trio of my 2025 Silver Bielefelders. Developed in the 1970s in Germany as a duel purpose chicken laying up to two hundred and fifty eggs per year can also be used for meat. Chicks are auto sexing at one day old. Pullets are point of lay. Big friendly birds easily tamed

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SkegnessLincolnshire
Chickens poultry Ayam Cemani 🖤 - Advert 11
21

Ayam Cemani 🖤

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£0Price

Ayam Cemani chicks available. They will be unsexed as they are too young and from dark Fibro birds. The parents have no leakage and are on quality feed and supplements. They are raised in a house with family and animals and handled daily. £20 each. Hatching next : Ayam Cemani Bcm (black copper Maran) Silkie Orpington’s Swedish flower hens Olive egger Cream legbar

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GlossopDerbyshire
Chickens poultry 3 Hens+Nestera Lodge+Omlet Auto Door+Walk-In Run in Newbridge - Advert 12
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3 Hens+Nestera Lodge+Omlet Auto Door+Walk-In Run

Chickens

11 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£650Price

We are selling our full, established chicken setup due to change in circumstances. This is a high-quality, low-maintenance system and ideal for someone wanting to start keeping hens without sourcing e

NewbridgeEdinburgh
Chickens poultry MIXED HATCHING EGGS - Pekin, Silkie, Pekin/Silkie - Advert 13
14

MIXED HATCHING EGGS - Pekin, Silkie, Pekin/Silkie

Chickens

4 weeksAge
MixedSex
£12Price

Fresh hatching eggs available from my mixed flock of Pekin’s and Silkies, some will be pure Pekin and Silkie and some will be Pekin x Silkie. Lovely mix of colours. They will be collected fresh to or

WiganGreater Manchester
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Chickens poultry Silkie splash roosters - Advert 14
4

Silkie splash roosters

Chickens

14 weeksAge
MaleSex
£10Price

I have two splash silkie roosters there both 14 weeks old and from the same hatch there white with black spots both very healthy and eating well £10 each or take both for £15 Pls bring a carrier

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DagenhamGreater London
Chickens poultry Cockerel needs rehoming!  - Advert 15
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 16
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 Bantams fully vaccinated  - Advert 17
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 Hybrid Hens Point of lay - Advert 18
11

Hybrid Hens Point of lay

Chickens

4 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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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.