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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I have 6 lavender pekin pullets, approx 10-12 weeks old. Dont have to go together. £30 each
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Strong healthy cockerels choice of 4, hand reared, naturally incubated by our own hens, tame, friendly and calm
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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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Very attractive Blue splash cockerel. He has the most friendly personality, he loves lots of attention from his human.
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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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Four lavender buff Orpington cockerels. Crowing and ready to go. Really gentle nature. Collection only
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This young man is for sale. Gold partridge Wynadotte bantum. Hatched with me and is a friendly little man.
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Beautiful serama cockerels , 2 frizzles and 1 straight. Feathered . Serama are the smallest chicken in the world, make lovely pets. Just can’t keep anymore cockerels. Free to good homes
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Black copper Marans from 12 to 14 weeks £18 some younger £15 all home bred have so at 52 weeks £10 enquiries welcome.
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Day-Old Hubbard Chicks Available Now! 🐥 Looking for fast-growing, hardy table birds? Our day-old Hubbard chicks are now available and ready for their new homes! ✅ Excellent growth rates ✅ Strong a
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🐣 NEWLY HATCHED CHICKS AVAILABLE 🐣 We are delighted to share that we had one of our best hatching rates of 2026, and this is our last hatch of the year! 🎉 📅 Hatching Date: 28.09.2026 ✅ All chic
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We have two beautiful white cockerels available for sale. Their dad is a Lemon Millefleur Sablepoot and their mum is a white Emerald hen. They were born at end of a June/beginning of July this year an
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All farm bred, hatched & reared. First few starting to lay Olive eggers these have about a 85% chance of laying olive eggs otherwise brown. (Brown birds gold hackles and black birds silver hackles £3
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I have a beautiful Silkie cockerel looking for a good home, unfortunately he's not getting along with my other chickens I'd like him to go to a good home, he is a very friend cuck and comes when call
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I have 6 brahma unsexed 4 months old chickens for sale .i believe they are all females.show quality chickens.£50 each.they are all hatched in may 28.cash on collection.
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Small number of up to week-old Gold Partridge Brahma X and Buff Orpington X chicks in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, BH21. Latest batch hatched 15/10/26. Crossed with: 📌 Rhode Island Red 📌 White Leghorn 📌
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Pretty bantam cockerel needs a new home. We already have one cockerel so he needs somewhere else to live.
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Handsome little hybrid, hatched myself in July and got 5 roos 🙈 he's free to good home or dinner table just can't do it myself thanks for looking!
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Shamo hens and cockerels available Really good Strong birds Good bloodlines Red, black and wheaten colours available Hens £40 Cockerels £65
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I have for rehoming some absolutely beautiful silkie cross Pekin boys. I’ve got 3 white, 1 stunning mottled and 1 black. They have the best personalities and are ridiculously friendly. They honestly w