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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🐔 Hy-Line Pullets Available 🐔 Looking for one of the best laying hens available? Our Hy-Line pullets are now 10 weeks old and developing beautifully. ✅ Renowned for excellent egg production ✅ Friendly, hardy and easy to manage ✅ Vaccinated against Marek's disease and Salmonella ✅ Healthy, well-cared-for birds Hy-Lines are one of the most popular commercial laying b

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🍗 Hubbard Table Birds Available 🍗 Looking for a quality table bird that's suited to a more natural pace of growth? Hubbards are a popular choice for smallholders who want excellent meat quality while giving their birds more time to develop and enjoy life outdoors. ✅ Slower-growing than intensive commercial birds ✅ Excellent meat quality ✅ Hardy and easy to rear ✅ Id
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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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Hi we looking for bantam hens for my lonely hen we are located north west of Bristol so anything around Bristol would be nice but will go tiny bit more far .
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We hatched silkie eggs, but ended up with only two cockerels!! We live in the middle of a village, so cannot keep them sadly. They have been handled since hatching by the kids, so are not aggressive.
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£10 for all of them. Need to go this week. Two are laying at the moment Nd the other girl is moulting at the moment so is not laying... But they are all great birds.
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20 silkie chicks available - week old and unsexed. Will need heat plate/lamp. Very healthy birds all eating and drinking independently.
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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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🐔 Pure Breed Chickens Available 🐔 We have a lovely range of pure breed chickens available, aged from 1 month old through to Point of Lay (POL). ✅ Guaranteed Females Available breeds: * LF Brahma
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1x pilkie 1x silkie x bantam Cockerel 1x Rhode Island Red mix All looking for their forever homes
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Some roos and some hens available mixed from different parents breed . Father is a silkie many chicks available all looking for a loving home . Chicks should lay different colour eggs and have uni
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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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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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Following the death of his sister I now have this lovely little pekin bantam cockeral available as he is now on his own. He is off the heat and is lovely and friendly. He’s been raised around children
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Cutting down on my breeding groups for next year so selling some of this years birds that I have been growing out All POL/laying £10 per hen £25 for a trio of two hens and a cockeral Photo is jus
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Superb Male Chicks For Rehoming. 9 weeks old. Strong healthy chicks. Looking for good homes for these sweet boys to have their own flocks. Mum and Dad pictured. Both good natured and tame.
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I have 1 juvenile Buff Orpington cockerel left who is looking for a new home. Not for eating. Not free. Purebred, from unrelated parents, and raised through our community group. He is extremely friend
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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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Four lavender buff Orpington cockerels. Crowing and ready to go. Really gentle nature. Collection only
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I have 2 cockerels that need to find a new home, only about 6 months old. Can go together or separately.
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Point of lay hens for sale Availability : Mixed breed white hens - £20 each (8 left) Various cockerels of pure and mix breed also available (£10 each or free with hen purchase) Discount for 5 or more