My granddad used to “trade” some of the chickens we got fond of for chickens from a neighbor. I didn’t have any problem with the new chickens getting the ax.
I learned later that the neighbor had the same idea.
Now that’s funny. Its really killing two birds with one stone.
I raised 108 chickens one year for 4H. Sold them to the 4H bbq that spring. Never again. A handful were pets but the majority were mean. All were nasty. Took the pets out to the farm to the extreme pleasure of the hawks and coyotes.