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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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Chickens poultry Cream Legbar Chicks for Sale – Auto Sexed - Advert 1
51

Cream Legbar Chicks for Sale – Auto Sexed

Chickens

2 weeksAge
MixedSex
£0Price

Beautiful Cream Legbar chicks available now at 2 weeks old. Healthy, active, and well-started. This is an auto-sexing breed, meaning males and females can be easily identified from day old. Both cockerels and pullets currently available. Cream Legbars are a fantastic addition to any flock – friendly, hardy, and known for laying stunning blue to green eggs once mature. •

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SwanseaSwansea
5.00
Chickens poultry Silkeiea chicken in Ripley - Advert 2
21

Silkeiea chicken

Chickens

5 monthsAge
MixedSex
£100Price

I have 7 silkies chicken for salle 3 roosters and 4 hens 5 months old i sell all together 100£.

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RipleyDerbyshire
Chickens poultry Tame blue-gold Araucana cross boy - Advert 3
113

Tame blue-gold Araucana cross boy

Chickens

7 monthsAge
MaleSex
£5Price

For a loving kind forever home only. Merlin is tame, easy to pick up and cuddle as well as in love with my gold silkie who is now raising his chick indoors (see photo). I carry him and his dad indoors every night and out every morning, but the vocal competition between them has become a problem.. Raised on organic pellets, he has ‘growers’ for breakfast indoors (to limit

BournemouthDorset
Chickens poultry Chickens and chicks read description - Advert 4
22

Chickens and chicks read description

Chickens

3 weeksAge
MixedSex
£20Price

Pekin £12 Hybrid chicks £10 3 weeks unsexed Day old silkie chicks £12 3 week old silkie chicks £16 Unsexed POL £20-£60 Pekin’s Orpingtons Brahmas Hybrid hens Pairs and Trios available Hatching eggs also available Day olds Quails available from day olds to laying hens

FarnboroughHampshire
Chickens poultry Silkie bantams all female - Advert 5
2

Silkie bantams all female

Chickens

4 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£30Price

Silkie bantams all female 5 months old vaccinated and wormed we have them in black, gold, gold partidge and white the are 30.00 each

RushdenNorth Northamptonshire
Chickens poultry Millefluer Pekin Bantam cockerel - Advert 6
2

Millefluer Pekin Bantam cockerel

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£0Price

Truly stunning apricot Millefluer Pekin Bantam Cockerel. Six and half months old. He is producing fertile eggs already. He is starting to mould so his hackle is a bit thin. With spring just round the corner he would be a lovely addition to your flock. Garden reared with cats and a dog he is fairly confident and already keeping a good eye on the hens, showing them titbi

ElyCambridgeshire
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Chickens poultry 2 x 5 month old medium cockerels - Advert 1
5

2 x 5 month old medium cockerels

Chickens

7 monthsAge
MaleSex
£1Price

2 Young ginger and grey cockerels available. 4 months old. Medium sized. One has Wellsummer father and grey bantam mother. The other has Frizzle bantam mother. He looks like a pom pom!

TavistockDevon
Chickens poultry Aseel x leghorn and aseel x light sussex chiks  in Bristol - Advert 2
2

Aseel x leghorn and aseel x light sussex chiks

Chickens

6 weeksAge
MixedSex
£40Price

There are 14 chiks in total 8 are a day old And 6 are 3 weeks old All hybrids £40 each or 400 for all as they are rare

BristolBristol City
Chickens poultry Male Frizzle Serama  in Lincoln - Advert 3
5

Male Frizzle Serama

Chickens

1 yearAge
MaleSex
£10Price

Gorgeous male frizzle serama. We'll looked after but currently living with his brother and he needs his own ladies now however we are downsizing so we are hoping to find him a happy home. As you can s

LincolnLincolnshire
Chickens poultry Hybrid Laying hens Lohman Browns - Advert 4
8

Hybrid Laying hens Lohman Browns

Chickens

1 yearAge
FemaleSex
£15Price

We are selling our flock as we are planning an extended trip abroad, so have 47 laying hens for sale, ready to go as soon as possible. If we could keep them we would, and will be restocking as soon as

Chipping NortonOxfordshire
Chickens poultry Chickens for sale - Advert 5
2

Chickens for sale

Chickens

4 weeksAge
MaleSex
£5Price

We have two lovely boys looking for a loving home. We hatched them ourselves, Bob and Nick. They are 5weeks old, beautiful white, Bob is cheeky and always the first one jump out of his cage he is brav

ElyCambridgeshire
Chickens poultry Lavender with porcelain splash Pekin Cockerel - Advert 6
2

Lavender with porcelain splash Pekin Cockerel

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£0Price

Truly stunning Pekin Bantam Cockerel. Unusual Lavender with porcelain splash. Hens with this colour way regularly make £60 at auction. Six months old. Shows potential to be a beautiful mature bird. He is on the small side so good for back garden spaces. He is producing fertile eggs already. With spring just round the corner he would be a lovely addition to your flock. G

ElyCambridgeshire
Chickens poultry Red laced peekin bantam cockerel - Advert 7
2

Red laced peekin bantam cockerel

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£0Price

Truly stunning Pekin Bantam Cockerel. Beautiful red laced breast and vivid green tail feathers. Six months old. Shows potential to be a beautiful mature bird. He is producing fertile eggs already. With spring just round the corner he would be a lovely addition to your flock. Garden reared with cats and a dog he is fairly confident and already keeping a good eye on the he

ElyCambridgeshire
Chickens poultry peeking bantam cockerel in ELY - Advert 8
1

peeking bantam cockerel

Chickens

6 monthsAge
MaleSex
£0Price

Porcelain Milliefleur Pekin Bantam Cockerel. Six months old. Shows potential to be a beautiful mature bird. He is producing fertile eggs already. With spring just round the corner he would be a lovely addition to your flock. Garden reared with cats and a dog he is fairly confident and already keeping a good eye on the hens. I am APHA registered. Hens can be seen in sit

ElyCambridgeshire
Chickens poultry Chickens Point of lay hens - Advert 9
24

Chickens Point of lay hens

Chickens

10 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

BACK IN STOCK NOW, a variety of different coloured blue egg laying hens!! We have available some beautiful chickens. These lovely point lay hens are around 22 weeks old and at the start of their career! They’re treated for worms and fully vaccinated. Only Copper Black Marans (dark brown egg layer) and Skylines (blue egg layer) left available now. These are £20 each or 10

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St NeotsCambridgeshire
5.00
Chickens poultry Crested Cream Legbar - Blue Egg Layer  in Preston - Advert 10
3

Crested Cream Legbar - Blue Egg Layer

Chickens

1 yearAge
FemaleSex
£40Price

Crested Cream Legbars Well as per usual with us at Pilling Poultry instead of winding down, we are still mad busy 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ From a day old chick to 8 weeks old Growers to 18 week plus point of lay - Something for everyone It’s always warm in the `’Chick Hut ‘ - Come and have a look - Please enquire as we have so many breeds of chicks hatching, it is impossible to l

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PrestonLancashire
Chickens poultry Day old female hybrid chicks  - Advert 11
31

Day old female hybrid chicks

Chickens

2 weeksAge
FemaleSex
£12Price

Day old hybrid chicks Fully vaccinated Guaranteed female The best laying breeds Breeds Bluebells Light Sussex Silver Sussex Skylines (blue egg layers) Olive eggers (green egg layers) Rhod

Licensed Breeder
ColchesterEssex
Chickens poultry POL 16 week old hybrid pullets in Ashbourne - Advert 12
12

POL 16 week old hybrid pullets

Chickens

5 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£20Price

Lots of lovely 16 week old point of lay hybrid pullets (White Star, Bluebelle and Blacktail) available. Fully vaccinated. They are very friendly and will be great egg layers.

AshbourneDerbyshire
Chickens poultry Day Old Chicks  - Advert 13
2

Day Old Chicks

Chickens

3 daysAge
MixedSex
£6Price

4 Freshly hatched mixed-breed chicks available. Lovely fluffy little ones, all different, healthy, bright-eyed and active as shown in photos. Mixed breeds (unsexed) Eating and drinking well Raised in

PerthPerth and Kinross
Chickens poultry Hatching Eggs - Blue, Green, Brown and cream eggs - Advert 14
2

Hatching Eggs - Blue, Green, Brown and cream eggs

Chickens

7 weeksAge
MixedSex
£2Price

We have for sale hatching eggs from our mixed egg colour laying hybrid hatching eggs. Blue, green, brown, white and cream, we have hatched over 100 chicks already so all eggs now are being sold for h

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HavantHampshire
Chickens poultry Day old unsexed silkies for sale  - Advert 15
6

Day old unsexed silkies for sale

Chickens

1 weekAge
MixedSex
£8Price

Hi, We have 10 day old silkie chicks for sale A selection of colours first come first served £8 per chick or 6 for £50

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HavantHampshire
Chickens poultry 3 Hens+Nestera Lodge+Omlet Auto Door+Walk-In Run in Newbridge - Advert 16
6

3 Hens+Nestera Lodge+Omlet Auto Door+Walk-In Run

Chickens

11 monthsAge
FemaleSex
£650Price

We are selling our full, established chicken setup due to change in circumstances. This is a high-quality, low-maintenance system and ideal for someone wanting to start keeping hens without sourcing e

NewbridgeEdinburgh
Chickens poultry Silkie splash roosters - Advert 17
4

Silkie splash roosters

Chickens

14 weeksAge
MaleSex
£10Price

I have two splash silkie roosters there both 14 weeks old and from the same hatch there white with black spots both very healthy and eating well £10 each or take both for £15 Pls bring a carrier

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DagenhamGreater London
Chickens poultry Indio Gigante *LARGE BIRDS Portuguese bloodlines* - Advert 18
10

Indio Gigante *LARGE BIRDS Portuguese bloodlines*

Chickens

10 monthsAge
MixedSex
£100Price

They are from several different bloodlines and unrelated. I am taking orders for 2026. THE FIRST THREE PHOTOS ARE A TRIO I HAVE AVAILABLE. £295 FOR THE TRIO. Unrelated birds and ready to breed in th

CaldicotMonmouthshire
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FAQs

Are chickens considered poultry?

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.

How are chickens classified in poultry?

Chickens are classified as a species within poultry and further divided into classes based on age, sex, and purpose such as broilers for meat, layers for eggs, roasters, and capons. There are also standard breed classes including American, Asiatic, Continental, English, Mediterranean, and others.

Do poultry chickens lay eggs?

Yes, female chickens, known as hens once mature, lay eggs regardless of the presence of a male chicken (rooster). Egg-laying ability depends on the breed, with some bred specifically for high egg production while meat breeds lay fewer eggs.

Why can't male chickens be used for meat in egg-laying breeds?

Male chicks from egg-laying breeds are typically not used for meat production because they do not develop the large breast and leg muscles needed for quality meat and are therefore not economically viable. As a result, these male chicks are commonly culled shortly after hatching, while male meat-breed chickens are used for meat.