I did not find chickens fun when I was in high school but they were not pets for us. Every morning collect eggs before school, I should have been a football kicker because I got good at punting. One Sunday a month was slaughter day, we only did 25 to 50 and it really did not take too long but I hated it. If you do slaughter your own chickens I can say hanging them upside down on a line to dispatch is much easier and it is quick when you are doing a large amount at one time. They will not be flopping on the ground and getting dirty.