When I was little my siblings and I use to hatch about 6-12 chicken eggs every Spring. Since my brother was allergic to cats and dogs we never really had any real pets. But we sure did love our chickens. If you turn them over on their backs when they are first hatched you can teach them to just lay like that. So then when they are full grown you can flip them over and lay them on the ground and have them play "dead" :) Our full grown chickens would also ride on our shoulders lol. We had a lot of fun with them. Looks like you have a lot of fun with your buddy!