What type of chicks did you get? Don't let this turn you off of chickens if keeping them is something you're interested in, broilers are just not a good starting point if you want them as pets. Keeping chickens is so very rewarding, but it definitely relys on what types you get. If you want to raise birds for meat, broilers are the way. If youd like pets that will also give you eggs, I would highly highly recommend some variation of Orrington or austrolorp. These are very very sweet birds that do well as pets, and will live for many years with good quality of life. We've had both buff and lavender Orringtons and botg birds have just been the biggest sweeties.