dont know if I would have one as a pet. We have two chooks, and the mess they make in the garden is incredible. Forget about having flowers or vegies unless you cover the yard in wire netting.
My patio seems the favourite place for them to poop. I am for ever cleaning up. Then when I confine them to barracks, they bust out and squalk right outside our bedroom window at 0500 hrs

Their eggs are fabulous though.
had ducks though once on our farm - we even put their house near to the dam. For the first few weeks, they dutifully waddled down to the dam and swam on it. After that, they never went near it again!!
Stick to another cat or a nice lollopy labrador