It depends on how you treat them for their entire life. Mine are not pets, because I do not commit to keep them around when their laying is significantly reduced. Just because I treat them nice for a while and make them feel safe, one day to surprise them with .... No, I would never do that...
I am enjoying my first flock, comprising RIR, Buff Orpington, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Black Sex Link and Gold Sex Link. The Gold Sex Link are by far my friendliest birds, and they lay almost daily large brown eggs. The Black Sex Link is my dominant and largest bird, and lays almost daily an...