Question about a chicken's personality being passed onto chicks.

[SwampPrincessChick]

In Spring things can be a bit tense, and sometimes a roo that wouldn’t ordinarily be mean will give it a go, it’s more the intensity and frequency that are different in my experience. Some will never attack, but in Spring I don’t turn my back on any of them in small spaces.

Spring is the main breeding season time, right?

 

[igorsMistress]

Spring is the main breeding season time, right?

I would say it’s the start and like any other relationship it starts out hot and heavy The girls usually don’t lay through the winter and when they start ramping up in Spring the roosters hormones are running high, he’s ready to do his duty and it shows in their character for a bit. As Spring passes to Summer the roosters gradually slow their roll and don’t mate as much. By fall they’re not typically as persistent as they were in the Spring.

 

[DarJones]

Will non-stop talkers most likely lure the most predators?

I don't have any research to prove this, but in my experience, making a lot of noise is a factor in predators attacking a flock. Super cheepers in my hatch definitely attracted at least one predator, ME.