I have a bunch of chickens, ducks, and geese. Right now I have two ducklings that a banty hen hatched out yesterday and the day before. Easy to raise in house cause they atomatically eat and drink on they're own! We keep them penned because a neighbors dog killed all of our original fancy chickens that were given to us years ago. For the most part all of them have been hatched in incubators in the house. All of the ducks and geese were hatched by us or one little banty hen. This winter we had foxes dig under the pen and killed the 4 biggest hens, one little rooster and 5 of the youngest ducks. Broke our hearts. All of them are pets and most of the chickens are pretty old. We do get some little eggs now but if the little hen decides to set we let her. Get enough eggs for our use anyway. Most of the chicken eggs are infertile cause of the age of the hens but the one sure likes to hatch out those ducklings.LOL They are fun to watch and are great disposals for table scraps. Chickens will eat ANYTHING! And no we don't eat our own birds. That's what the store is for. LOL