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Definitions of household pets do not include chickens:
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Pet: a domesticated animal kept for pleasure rather than utility.
Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY
(11) Pet.— The term “pet” means a domesticated animal, such as a dog, cat, bird, rodent, fish, turtle, or other animal that is kept for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes.
Law Insider:
Domestic pet means a dog or any other animal that is tamed or domesticated and is kept as a companion or for assistance and is under the control of a human and does not include any type
of farm animal.
Nevada Division of Insurance:
"Household pet" means a fully domesticated animal owned by you for personal companionship, such as a dog, a cat, a reptile, a bird or a rodent. Household Pet does not include any type
of horse, cow, pig, sheep, goat, chicken, turkey, or captive fur-bearing animal, or any animal commonly kept for food or profit.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey:
Residential keeping of livestock is defined as:
The husbandry of domestic livestock and their products for home use or consumption including breeding, feeding, raising, caring, and housing. Any sales are minor and incidental.
Domestic livestock means horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, rabbit, poultry, fowl, and furbearing animals excluding household pets.
[This website also has an excellent discussion about “Animal Units” for different species.]
“Pet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pet . Accessed 2 Feb. 2023.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-110879-969607991&term_occur=999&term_src=#:~:text=%E2%80%94%20The%20term%20%E2%80%9Cpet%E2%80%9D%20means,rather%20than%20for%20commercial%20purposes
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https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/domestic-pet
https://doi.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/doinvgov/_public-documents/Consumers/J6683.pdf
https://esc.rutgers.edu/fact_sheet/recommended-guidelines-for-domestic-livestock-in-residential-areas/