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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Available now! Guaranteed Female Day Old Chicks For Sale Warren – £10 Buy 5 - £35 Buy 10 - £70 Buy 15 - £90 THE BEST productive laying hens, selected for reliable brown egg production. Friendly, hardy and ideal for back-garden. ** Please ensure you have done your research should you wish to start looking after chicks/chickens.
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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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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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£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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These are brother and sister but it doesn't really matter in the animal world 😅 They are maron x Warren chickens. Absolutely beautiful and good tempered. Handled daily and spoilt. Spot is the whit
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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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🐔 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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Good layers of large brown eggs . Collect from winford near Bristol airport. Please bring cardboard box.
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🐥 Pekin Bantam Pullets 🐥 We are breeders of Pekin Bantams and have some lovely young pullets available, aged 12–16 weeks. Available in some beautiful and rare colours: • Blue • Lemon Cuckoo •
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These are mixed breed chickens and cockerels, the father of all of them is a lavender pekin bantam. They were all born this year, some of the babies we arnt sure if they are female or male yet. £10 fo
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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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A pair of exchequer leghorns 2026 hatched Good quality Will start to lay Lots of other birds available as well
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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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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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Females £20 each Males £15 each Silver birchen Gold birchen White Blue Splash Blacks Of show quality stock
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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
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Unfortunately, I am having to rehome my flock of Dutch bantams. I have hens and a rooster available. I can sell single pairs or groups they are all healthy and active. Selling as working longer hours
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Aseels and shamo hens looking for new home, I’m having to sell due to work commitments. Healthy and active birds. £60 each for aseel hens £100 for shamos. Open to any offers