Yes - the same with Arabian horses - they have been called flighty to often because people don't know how to deal with their energetic ways.
I sometimes think that people just want to take the easy way out when dealing with people and/or animals and believe all must be calm, no emotions, quiet, unassuming.... this way they don't have to learn how to deal with different emotions, or energy levels.
In reality every living creature is different, even plants have differences! I can't even tell you how many times I have been told I talk too loud, laugh too loud, sing too loud... walk too loud... swear too much - sheesh (ok maybe I can work on the swearing...)! When I was younger it really bothered me - now I just laugh and tell them learn to enjoy life, live large, and 'I am not changing to suit your tastes'. At my age I am NOT likely to change and don't want to! So what if I have an evil temper, and laugh too readily - I am me, and so are little hens and horses!
Is my Arabian a nut case? Yep she sure can be compared to a quiet quarter horse. Are Henny Penny and Marty noisy little hens compared to my cousin's hens? They sure are! compared to hens that likely will never go broody - and I just had an epiphany!
Has anyone else noted that the louder they squawk when laying an egg the more they are prone to going broody? I have never heard Penelope carry on like Henny Penny does!
It has been my experience that using personality traits to describe breeds is highly inaccurate, and very subjective! What one might call 'flighty', or 'calm', or 'aggressive', I might call something different. For me when I am looking at perspective chicks to get in the Spring I am looking at egg colour, feather colour and patterns. Not personality; even body shape is hard to predict many times!
OK that is all I am going to say on the matter,
Yours Truly,
Ms Flighty Noisy Swears-too-much Kelly
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