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Good post. This reminds me of something I heard and I think this is true and can be applied to chickens or humans - and it applies to health, mental health, etc.
"Genetics loads the gun - habits (or conditioning) presses the trigger"
It is known that temperament is inheritable - in animals and humans. What we do not know about Roos is how much of that genetics can be held responsible for agressive behavior. I like Beekissed have had no problems with aggressive Roos in all my years of chicken keeping (there were 2, but I...