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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Still on heat around 4 weeks old I believe one to be male and one to be female I got them as a companion for 1 quail chick I had I think they could do with being in a flock of silkies one is a week yo
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Two lovely gentle brahma cockerels. 1. Buff Colombian Brahma is a big boy very gentle and easily handled. 2. Dark Brahma slightly smaller but still big. Also gentle but a bit more shy. Both are pure b
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Fertile Micro Serama eggs. These eggs come from frizzle dads and smooth mums. For example one of our runs contains 2 frizzle roos and several smooth ladies. This ensures that we won't hatch any frizzl
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I have mixed-colour normal, and frizzle bantams for sale. Some are laying some arent. All female. Message me for pictures and prices.
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Lovely 3-year-old cockerel looking for a new home. He is healthy, active, and does a great job looking after his hens. We are rehoming him because we already have other male chickens and would like to
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Light Sussex chicks for sale. Home bred from 3 hens and unrelated cockerel. Friendly breed, beautiful markings, good egg layers. Unsexed
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Unsexed silkie chicks available lots of colours message for more information and availability updates thank-you! ☺️🐥 Give our new page a follow 🥚🐣 https://www.facebook.com/share/1C2hvMt6jR/?mi
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Unsexed silkie chicks available lots of colours message for more information and availability updates thank-you! ☺️🐥 Give our new page a follow 🥚🐣 https://www.facebook.com/share/1C2hvMt6jR/?mi
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Here we have a variety of chicken chicks for sale, my son has hatched them in the incubator and has looked after them all really well, sadly they are all for looking for new homes. 🏠 Please message
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I have various hens, chicks and hatching eggs available including olive eggers, Marans, cream legbar, silkies and Welsummers. I’m a small hobby breeder and occasionally have excess eggs and hens that
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We have several pairs of large fowl Brahma available, hatched from our mixed colour Brahma pen (2 cockerels running with 10 hens in various colours). A pair consists of one male and one female bird.
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I am selling 4 straight run chicks that are 4 weeks old. There is a pure breed Brahma chick that will lay a creamy coloured egg, 2 olive eggers who will lay dark green eggs and a Silky/Brahma that wil
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5 x crested cream legbar hens sale for sale, 6 weeks old on 1/6/26 been off heat for 2 weeks now. Based near Market Rasen
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All hens no boys. Collection only. Colours available gold partridge black and white 16-18 weeks old
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Hi i have 4 bovan brown hybrids nice and healthy 5 weeks old off heat now born 1/5/26 based peterborough dogsthorpe £7 each ...SOLD SOLD SOLD
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We have some beautiful polish chicks available In blue, black, white and laced. Some frizzles also available. From our breeding pens in coloured pairs and trios. Polish are the most docile breed of
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Mixture of colours. These are a large fowl. Friendly, inquisitive birds, already quite big in size. 3month trios for £80 4month trios for £90
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We've got some friendly cockerels looking for new homes! 🐓 They're all incubator-hatched and super sociable, ready to eat right from your hand. We have: * 1 Cream Legbar cockerel, £3 * 1 Farm Ya
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For sale: A beautiful set of six fertile Silkie chicken eggs from my happy, free-range hens. These eggs come from a diverse flock, known for their vibrant colors and strong hatching potential. I offer
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SOLD. free range laying hens that need new loving homes they are commercial birds and really friendly and well featherd they will come upto you and give you there full attention. We have till the
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Silkies, seramas and pekin chicks for sale. I do also get a lot of naked neck silkies (showgirls) if anyone is interested. These will be £15 per chick. Others are £10 per chick All require heat unti
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5 male chickens looking for new loving home. All under a year old I’ve spent a lot of time with these boys and they’ve never attacked me. I don’t want them going to someone that is going to fatten th
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Hi, I am a hobby breeder of USA variety of silkie chickens and Chinese painted quails. Have imported my birds from Poland, Belgium and Germany. Have variety of unique colours (not all of them are on t
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Chicks: Day old to 2 weeks chicks are priced at £10. 9 available hatched May 20-26th. 2 available hatched 1st June. 2 to 4 week old chicks are priced at £12. 1 available: hatched 11th May. Please