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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
4

🖤🤎Black Copper Marans 🤎🖤

Chickens

Just BornAge
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

3 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

2 weeksAge
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 Silkeiea chicken in Ripley - Advert 4
21

Silkeiea chicken

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£100Price

I have 7 silkies chicken for salle 3 roosters and 4 hens 5 months old i sell all together 100£.

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RipleyDerbyshire
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 Warren hybrid female chicks  - Advert 6
2

Warren hybrid female chicks

Chickens

1 dayAge
FemaleSex
£3Price

Warren hybrid female chicks hatched on the 23/02/26 all lively, eating and drinking well. They are priced as follows Minimum of 3 at £5each 4 at £4 each 10 at £3.50 each 20 at £3.25 each 100 at £3 each Any questions please as Thank you

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PeterboroughPeterborough
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Chickens poultry Bantams and Pekins for sale - Advert 1
9

Bantams and Pekins for sale

Chickens

5 daysAge
FemaleSex
£35Price

We have a lovely selection of bantams and Pekins for sale. They are impeccable colour and bred by experienced breeders. Many different selections. Contact us to see what we have available at the momen

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ShifnalShropshire
Chickens poultry 2 x 5 month old medium cockerels - Advert 2
5

2 x 5 month old medium cockerels

Chickens

7 monthsAge
MaleSex
£1Price

2 Young ginger and grey cockerels available. 4 months old. Medium sized. One has Wellsummer father and grey bantam mother. The other has Frizzle bantam mother. He looks like a pom pom!

TavistockDevon
Chickens poultry 2 silkie hens - Advert 3
1

2 silkie hens

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

2 beautiful silkie hens looking for a good home one is grey one is white both very tame and love been handled both are used to kids dogs cats and rabbits. Collection from middlesbrough only. £20 for

MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough
Chickens poultry 11 Red & white hens for sale  in Callington - Advert 4
2

11 Red & white hens for sale

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£55Price

Preferably all to go together. Good layers haven’t had them long but eggs every day. 11 in total mixed colours £5 per head

CallingtonCornwall
Chickens poultry Aseel x leghorn and aseel x light sussex chiks  in Bristol - Advert 5
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Aseel x leghorn and aseel x light sussex chiks

Chickens

6 weeksAge
MixedSex
£40Price

There are 14 chiks in total 8 are a day old And 6 are 3 weeks old All hybrids £40 each or 400 for all as they are rare

BristolBristol City
Chickens poultry Male Frizzle Serama  in Lincoln - Advert 6
5

Male Frizzle Serama

Chickens

1 yearAge
MaleSex
£10Price

Gorgeous male frizzle serama. We'll looked after but currently living with his brother and he needs his own ladies now however we are downsizing so we are hoping to find him a happy home. As you can s

LincolnLincolnshire
Chickens poultry POL silkies various colours available  - Advert 7
3

POL silkies various colours available

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£35Price

Various colours Fully vaccinated All Point of lay hens Chicks also available Cash on collection only

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King's LynnNorfolk
5.00
Chickens poultry Hybrid Laying hens Lohman Browns - Advert 8
8

Hybrid Laying hens Lohman Browns

Chickens

1 yearAge
FemaleSex
£15Price

We are selling our flock as we are planning an extended trip abroad, so have 47 laying hens for sale, ready to go as soon as possible. If we could keep them we would, and will be restocking as soon as

Chipping NortonOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Tame blue-gold Araucana cross boy - Advert 9
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 Chickens and chicks read description - Advert 10
22

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 Chickens for sale - Advert 11
2

Chickens for sale

Chickens

4 weeksAge
MaleSex
£5Price

We have two lovely boys looking for a loving home. We hatched them ourselves, Bob and Nick. They are 5weeks old, beautiful white, Bob is cheeky and always the first one jump out of his cage he is brav

ElyCambridgeshire
Chickens poultry Ayam Cemani 🖤 - Advert 12
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 Cockerel needs rehoming!  - Advert 13
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 14
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 15
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 16
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
Chickens poultry Millefluer Pekin Bantam cockerel - Advert 17
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Millefluer Pekin Bantam cockerel

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£0Price

Truly stunning apricot Millefluer Pekin Bantam Cockerel. Six and half months old. He is producing fertile eggs already. He is starting to mould so his hackle is a bit thin. With spring just round the corner he would be a lovely addition to your flock. Garden reared with cats and a dog he is fairly confident and already keeping a good eye on the hens, showing them titbi

ElyCambridgeshire
Chickens poultry Red laced peekin bantam cockerel - Advert 18
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Red laced peekin bantam cockerel

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£0Price

Truly stunning Pekin Bantam Cockerel. Beautiful red laced breast and vivid green tail feathers. Six months old. Shows potential to be a beautiful mature bird. He is producing fertile eggs already. With spring just round the corner he would be a lovely addition to your flock. Garden reared with cats and a dog he is fairly confident and already keeping a good eye on the he

ElyCambridgeshire
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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.