Old Chickens Poultry for sale

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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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Polish and Polish Frizzle Bantams Hens and Cockerels

Chickens

9 monthsAge
MixedSex
£40Price

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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Bicester, Oxfordshire
Chickens poultry for sale: White leghorn white egg layers  - Advert 2
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White leghorn white egg layers

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£10Price

White leghorn hybrid white egg layers 16 weeks old fully vaccinated and wormed they are the top egg layers

Rushden, North Northamptonshire
Chickens poultry for sale: Pure Silkie Chicks for sale  - Advert 3
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Pure Silkie Chicks for sale

Chickens

11 weeksAge
MixedSex
£10Price

Cutest pure breed unsexed silkie chicks for sale from a day old, bearded silkie hens and a bearded rooster. I currently have 2 USA cuckoo silkie chicks for sale 2-3 weeks old. I also have 6 silkie babies ready to hatch on the 28th November 2026. Pictures include some of the parents that are breeding and some of the chicks that I have hatched and the eggs I have. All c

Sittingbourne, Kent
Chickens poultry for sale: Female 1 week Old chicks Available now! - Advert 4
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Female 1 week Old chicks Available now!

Chickens

6 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£10Price

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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Coventry, West Midlands
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Lovely Cockerel Silkie Cross

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£10Price

This 4month old small silkie cross bantam boy would be a great addition to anyone flock. His name is Mario and he's great with the girls. He's such a lovely little chap. He won't grow very big.

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Warrington, Warrington
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Hy-Line Pullets - One of the Best Laying Breeds

Chickens

10 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£14Price

🐔 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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Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
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Chickens poultry for sale: Silkie Cockerels - Advert 1
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Silkie Cockerels

Chickens

12 weeksAge
MaleSex
£10Price

Two handsome silkie cockerels available. Friendly and curious. Hatched and hand raised by my 10 year old son. Now starting to crow so looking to rehome.

Liskeard, Cornwall
Chickens poultry for sale: Pure bred Cream Legbar Cockerel FREE - Advert 2
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Pure bred Cream Legbar Cockerel FREE

Chickens

15 weeksAge
MaleSex

This beautiful fella needs a new loving home , we hatched from our brooding chick but can’t keep boys on our allotment , he’s a pure breed Cream Legbar so blue egg laying genes , he’s approx 3 months

Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Chickens poultry for sale: Cockerel and Hen Buff Orpington Chickens need a new home - Advert 3
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Cockerel and Hen Buff Orpington Chickens need a new home

Chickens

7 monthsAge
MixedSex
£50Price

We purchased chicks for our children in March ‘26 and unfortunately, we are moving home and the new house isn’t suitable for chickens. The chickens (named Clucker and Chicken-Nugget) have lived free-

Thatcham, Berkshire
Chickens poultry for sale: Large Fowl Buff Orpington Cockerel - Advert 4
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Large Fowl Buff Orpington Cockerel

Chickens

2 yearsAge
MaleSex
£25Price

2.5 year old boy. Great plumage and protective of his flock. Kept with access to open countryside on a good mixed diet.

Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Chickens poultry for sale: Silver Campine hens - Advert 5
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Silver Campine hens

Chickens

7 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Rare breed Silver Campine hens available x4. 8 months old and started laying just before November, will begin to lay again in spring. £30 each. They're docile and get on well in a mixed flock, they ca

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Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
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Large Orpington chickens for sale

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£50Price

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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Chippenham, Wiltshire
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Silkies chicks

Chickens

11 weeksAge
MixedSex
£15Price

I have mixed chicks for sale. They are healthy & active each £15. new babies hatched 3 weeks old. Still in heat plate.

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London, Greater London
Chickens poultry for sale: Pair of pekin bantams for sale £60 - Advert 8
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Pair of pekin bantams for sale £60

Chickens

7 monthsAge
MixedSex
£60Price

Hi i have, a young pair, of pekin bantams, for sale £60. A lavender colour cock, and a splash colour hen, they are about 8 months old, hen not laying yet. Bantams don't usually, start laying, till abo

Manchester, Greater Manchester
Chickens poultry for sale: Week old Lavender Perkins - Unsexed  - Advert 9
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Week old Lavender Perkins - Unsexed

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£10Price

10 x week old Lavender Pekin chicks, unsexed. Will require heat, min of 3 to be sold to allow them to thrive.

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Lydney, Gloucestershire
Chickens poultry for sale: 5 day old white silkie chicks - Advert 10
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5 day old white silkie chicks

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£15Price

10 white silkie chicks. Born on the 3.11.26 Require heat source Pick up Prestwich Manchester £15 each

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Manchester, Greater Manchester
Chickens poultry for sale: Pekin Bantam Cockerel for sale - Advert 11
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Pekin Bantam Cockerel for sale

Chickens

13 weeksAge
MaleSex
£5Price

Pekin Bantam cockerel for sale, gorgeous speckled colouring. Still young at only 3 months old. Has been with us since a chick & around young children so has a good temperament. We are re-homing due to

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Barrow-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire
Chickens poultry for sale: Pavlovskaya Cockerel free to good home - Advert 12
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Pavlovskaya Cockerel free to good home

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex

Lovely 6 month old Pavlovskaya Cockerel needs a new home…. He’s just starting to crow, so unfortunately we can’t keep him… Very mild natured, and friendly… Can deliver within 30 miles of Bristol.

Bristol, Bristol City
Chickens poultry for sale: Two warrens for new homes 🏡  - Advert 13
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Two warrens for new homes 🏡

Chickens

8 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£10Price

I’m sadly looking to rehome two of my hens, who I’ve raised from day-old chicks earlier this year. I’ve made the difficult decision to downsize my flock, so I’m hoping to find these lovely girls a wo

Southampton, Southampton
Chickens poultry for sale: Mixed breed hens for sale - Advert 14
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Mixed breed hens for sale

Chickens

1 yearAge
FemaleSex
£6Price

18 months old Still laying, for sale due to lack of time for them. £6 each One white leg bar, 7 mixed breed Message for any enquiries

Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Chickens poultry for sale: Cockerels for sale  - Advert 15
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Cockerels for sale

Chickens

5 daysAge
MaleSex
£5Price

Some young Cockerels a couple of older ones the younger ones are last years/ this year's offspring message for more information.

Hull, Kingston upon Hull
Chickens poultry for sale: 5 silkies for sale  - Advert 16
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5 silkies for sale

Chickens

5 weeksAge
MixedSex
£25Price

My 4 silkies are all 5 weeks old and off heat so they are ready to be in a coop. I have hatched and raised these babies but unfortunately I can’t keep them I want them to go to good homes and I’m hap

Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen
Chickens poultry for sale: Mixed breeds of hens - Advert 17
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Mixed breeds of hens

Chickens

8 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£80Price

15 hens of various ages and breeds from 9 months to about 3 years old. 1 friendly cockerel. Would prefer them to go together as giving up. Based near Prestatyn Price for flock

Rhyl, Denbighshire
Chickens poultry for sale: Roosters for good home  - Advert 18
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Roosters for good home

Chickens

4 monthsAge
MaleSex

3 roosters here looking for good homes, (not the white one she is a hen) Around 5 months old, the black ones just found his voice! Great characters, sad to see them go but can’t have 3 boys.

Saltcoats, North Ayrshire

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Yes, chickens are considered poultry, which is the category of domesticated birds raised primarily for their meat and/or eggs. They are one of the most common poultry species along with turkeys, ducks, and geese.