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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A great selection of mix bantams including pekin,frizzles, light Sussex.
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Amazing selection of wellsummers hens some beautiful colours and great egg layers. Larger numbers can be negotiated. Delivery also available if necessary
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🐓 Serama Bantam Roosters – The Smallest Rooster in the World! 🐓 Looking for high-quality, friendly, and stunning ornamental birds? We have beautiful, purebred Serama Bantam Rooster available, raised with excellent care. Perfect for small yards or as unique pets. ▪︎Available: Roosters ▪︎Age: Young birds ▪︎Temperament: Extremely docile, friendly, and used to daily han
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Pure breed buff orpingtons large fowl chicks! We have unsexed chicks available from day olds, £13 fixed prices per chicks, if 10 or more bought at once u will get one free, buffs are hard to determine sex at young ages and sometimes not untill fully grown, we have a friend who sexes them and hasn’t got them wrong as of yet! U MUST HAVE A BROODER TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY HAPPY
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I hand raised some chicks and have 2 gorgeous red silkie roosters that I can’t keep as I already have a rooster in the flock. They’re 6 months old and friendly. Gorgeous boys £15 each
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Beautiful colouring. I have too many roosters to keep him. Liverpool area. He’s friendly and gets on well with all the others his age. Needs his own flock
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We have a lovely small group of females and males looking for new homes have various colours. They’ve been well kept and have had plenty of space to develop and flourish. There are 9 chicks all toget
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2 cockerels for sale there around 5 months old ready to go need gone as soon as possible as I’ve already got a cockerel
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We have a wide range of point of lay hybrid layer hens available including: Emeralds (blue eggs) Tutti Frutti (rainbow eggers, could lay blue, olive, brown or white eggs) Light Sussex (brown eggs)
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Hi, we are looking for a good home, we suspect this one is a boy, he is for sale, £10 each, we do love this one, the only reason we are giving him away is we have a lot of roosters in one flock, we th
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Beautiful young Serama duo, still young and indoors. These are the world’s smallest chickens, tiny but full of personality. Must go together
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Adorable home-hatched hybrid chicks available in a gorgeous mix of colours, including yellow, black, grey, chocolate brown and patterned/orange. 🐥 These chicks come from my own mixed flock, which pro
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4 hens available 3 Pekins 1 frizzle. They come as a 4, unfortunately I will not be selling them separately. 1 pekin is 4-5 months the 2 smaller Pekins are 3-4 and the frizzle is around 7-8 months.
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Lavender Pekin Chicks. Unsexed currently. 9 available. Open to offers for good homes. Collection from Tickhill
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I have 8 two week old baby silkie chicks available now. They are all healthy and absolutely gorgeous, you can see what a beauty the mum is and on one of the photos you can see how handsome the dad is!
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I have 1 Shetland rooster and 4 Shetland hens available. They are last year’s breeding stock and looking for a new home. Healthy, good layers with proven fertility if you’re wanting to hatch your own
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🖤🐣 Ayam Cemani Chicks Available 🐣🖤 Our beautiful Ayam Cemani chicks are now looking for their forever homes. Raised with care in a clean, loving environment, these stunning chicks come from our
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Here a have a beautiful cockerel named “halo” He is an absolute beautiful boy that is full of character! Unfortunately due to having down size on my coops for reasons I cannot help, I am having to l
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Believed to be a roo He is very energetic, I have had him since a week old, but unfortunately he is fighting with the smaller roosters He is starting to get yellow patches, i believe he will be a n
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Lovely chickens need a good home, currently both being bullied by the flock, about 10 weeks old, on grower feed, we have tried alot to stop the bullying, so we are hoping someone can give them a lovin
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Six lovely Warren's laying eggs must go I can't keep the 14 year old son had a tantrum and went home to his mums so they have to go ten pounds each or 50 for all six, all got two yound light Sussex £7
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I have four copper maran hybrid hens for sale, they are laying on a regular basis, but due to winter coming the egg production is at roughly two a day. They are also molting so they will need their wi
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Beautiful 1 year old pure bread British Araucana rooster. He’s from a show winning line bread to standard. He isn’t overly loud and is a good protector of his flock. Very gentle and good with childr