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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Large Orpington chickens for sale. Lots of colours: white, buff, chocolate cuckoo, chocolate mottled, black mottled, lavender cuckoo, black, blue, mauve. Pulleys Ranging in age from POL through to ten weeks old (22/8/26) and then four weeks old. Also have a few cockerels. Fed on Marriages growers, been out free ranging, been wormed (older ones). Ready for their perman
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Polish Bantams – Hens & Cockerels Available I have a lovely selection of Polish bantams available, approximately 1 year old, with both hens and cockerels available. There is a really nice mixture of colours within the flock, including: • Buff Laced • Silver Laced • Golden Laced • White Crested Black • White Crested Blue • Tolbunt The hens are good layers an
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Fresh Bantam Silkie hatching eggs, laid daily from our proven, fertile flock. Our Silkies are healthy, well cared for and kept in accordance with current avian influenza biosecurity requirements. We take care to collect and handle our eggs appropriately to give them the best possible start for incubation. Colours within our flock include: Lavender Splash Lavender White
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Our lovely Walnut hatched in June this year - unfortunately as we still have his dad we will need to separate them. His mother is a brown Wyandotte, father is a golden bantam cockerel. Walnut has a lo
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Unsexed usa silkie really beautiful bundles of fluff Some are available now ready for there new homes. Any questions by all means contact me. Adults are not for sale. £25 each ono
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This is Chutney my beloved pet who I have had from 1 day old. He is very friendly and tame but unfortunately the neighbours have complained about his crowing, so I have had to make the decision to re-
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Beautiful coloured Shamo cock available for loving home he’s my boys pride of joy but need to make space
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Really friendly and tame chickens. Brilliant for back gardens with children. Will start laying some delicious eggs in the next couple of weeks. Speckledys Columbian Black Tails White Stars £20 Each L
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Good layers of large brown eggs . Collect from winford near Bristol airport. Please bring cardboard box.
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We currently have ❤️ Brown Silkie cockerel ❤️ Black Frizzle Pekin cockerel ❤️ Several Serama cockerels, ranging from 4 weeks to 4 months old. All are this year’s hatch and have been raised here. We
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5 x Barnevelder hens and 1 French black copper Maran for sale. 2 of the Barnevelders have not matured yet, they do matured late. The other 3 were laying, plus the Maran but they went through a moult
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Pair of Serama, cock and hen I have 4 hatched in August this year. You can choose which hens to have there is only one young cock bird, unless you take one of my older ones.
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2 silkie cockerels for sale both this years hatch, buff and white both have black speckles on tail feathers, buff cockerel just started crowing. Friendly boys just have too many cockerels. £20 each
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Really friendly and tame chickens. Brilliant for back gardens with children. Will start laying some delicious eggs in the next couple of weeks. Speckledys Columbian Black Tails White Stars
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Sadly rehoming my three lovely Silkie boys – they’re such beautiful characters, brought up from unsexed chicks, healthy, friendly & used to being handled! 😢 I’m keeping my hens for breeding & need un
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**Strictly a pet or breeding home only—absolutely no breeders for meat or fighting. We have two handsome, predominantly white bantam cockerels that were hatched this June. Sadly we need to rehome th
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Due to unforeseen circumstances I need to sell of my chickens. There are a variety of breeds, mainly hens. Some layers £25, some POL £20 and a few young hens. Cockerill legbar (sold) and white mixed b
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🐣🐔 **OUR LAST CHICKS OF THE YEAR… PROBABLY! 😂** 🐔🐣 I've told my wife this is our last hatching of the year… **probably!** 😂 My daughter and I have a lovely selection of Orpingtons and unusual
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I have 8 old English game cockrells that I'm looking for a good home for they live freely in my top part of my grounds in the trees they sleep at night. They are only this year's they are still develo
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3 gorgeous Lavender Pekin Bantam Cockerels. I've raised them all from chicks so they're super friendly, don't mind being picked up, and have never shown any aggression. Sadly, I can't keep them as I d
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We have some gorgeous Pekin Bantam hens available at POL. Hatched throughout the spring/summer. Mixture of colours. £45 each. Unfortunately we don’t only sell 1, it must be 2 or more as we believ
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4 stunning Serama pullets at POL. £35 each Friendly and chatty little busy bodies. Serama is the smallest chicken breed so currently eating ground growers pellets. Come Spring or straight away if it
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Very handsome cockerels looking for new home as not getting on with other birds on our smallholding. Very friendly and used to people. Collection only from Kingsley, Hants