Chickens would have made popular pets if they are better looking

I should also add that hens are capable of laying eggs without a rooster. Those eggs are so called "veggie eggs". Because these are unfertilized eggs, and they can't hatch into chicks. If you couldn't bear the thought of eating chicks every day, you can forget about that in this case. I first heard of it over a decade ago from some vegetarians, they keep only hens so they can eat unfertilized "veggie eggs". You get protein, and no chick is killed in your imagination.