When is a chicken not a pet?

[SarahD]

Another article about the latest, hottest trend. We are supposed to belive that squijillions of people are keeping chickens as pets, much the same as cats and dogs are pets. I'm not buying it. Several people in my neighborhood have chickens, and I think they're counted among pet chickens owners because they don't have commercial farms. But the chickens are hardly pets. They live in a coop, don't have individual names, are not cuddly or playful, and have their eggs taken for human consumption. The article creates the impression that all of them are pets. We regularly get pranked by these "latest hot trend" articles and I think this is an example.
https://fortune.com/2024/05/04/millennials-gen-z-pet-chickens-companion-animal-tractor-supply/