Breeding question: I've read many times on on BYC that if you breed a rooster and he produces male chicks, in due time they'll have the same personality of their father. Obviously that is not the case all the time because Apollo is different from Atlas. Are you worried at all that Hector could pass his early aggressive attitude onto his sons?
Now, don't confuse personality with temperament. They have different
personalities, certainly, however, their
temperament is comparable; in other words, they are both non-human-aggressive. Isaac was easygoing, as was his son, Rex, and his son, Atlas and his son, Apollo. Temperament carried down the line.
So, Atlas and Apollo are very similar in temperament, but different in who they are and the way they are in the flock dynamic. Both are easygoing toward
us. Atlas has never had to be subservient, being raised by a broody hen and pretty much being his own guy. Hector is the same. Apollo, on the other hand, was always under Atlas, always having to bow to his daddy and he generally takes that role as second banana in stride.
One example of a difference in personality between Isaac and his grandson, Atlas, is that Isaac would not stand for hens fighting. He's literally jump into the middle and break it up by landing between them and thunking heads. Atlas does not interfere with the hen squabbles. But, both are/were trustworthy around
us.
