I didn't take it personally, I just want to make it clear what I mean, no worries. I want to be clear that you can get a nice rooster from a hatchery and a bad rooster from a breeder, but if you are buying from a hatchery, it's a complete gamble. If you look for a breeder who selects for temperament, you are more likely to be happy with the rooster you get. I hope this clears that up.
There's really more to rooster aggression than even all that. You can raise a male by keeping your distance and he can still attack you. You can hand raise and pet him and baby him and he could be the meanest rooster on the planet or be as easygoing after his hormones kick in as he was before...if it's in his genetics to be so. It depends on his genetic predisposition in the end. I've had it both ways. I've also had a rooster who came from a gentle hatchery BR rooster sire be good as gold for a year and a half and after two weeks of removing him from the coop only at night to protect his wattles and comb from being eaten alive by his hens, he began biting me, then flogging me and we could never "fix" his behavior. That circumstance completely changed a formerly trustworthy rooster.
That's just what I've noted in my experience.
