Here is Stanley K. Tapir at the age of about two years, having lunch with his chicken.
Tapirs get along well with many other types of animals.
They are curious and may try to nibble feathers, but will usually not harm a small housemate on purpose. The chicken liked to hang out with Stanley and was available to clean up scraps of grain and pellets from the Trophy horse feed we gave him. Not knowing much about chickens, we got it in the first place hoping it would eat the red ants that were biting the tapir. Then Stanley and the chicken got to be friends. The chicken would sleep with Stanley in the sleeping box, perch on the back of his neck and generally follow him around.