Atlas is making himself a problem right now, not with me but with DH. He reacts differently to him than to me, maybe because DH is leery of him and gives off that vibe, but hard to say. To open the pop door, you have to open the human door, lean down to the left, remove the nail that goes through the door into the frame and slide the door upward in the track and secure it with the same nail. DH says when he leans in, he takes a small poop rake and Atlas attacks the rake, but he says he will not lean down with Atlas rushing toward the door, and at his face without having the rake. I know Atlas is hyped up in the morning and he's wants out ASAP, so when a door is open, he runs toward it, but I have seen that he has a slightly different attitude around DH than he does me. He hasn't flogged him, but DH, expecting it to happen, has avoided the situation. I told him he has to test him, to give him the opportunity to be bad so we can see where he truly is with his behavior. I pet him on the roost every night, rub his wattles and his face and he loves it.
Today, we both went into the pen together as a test and Atlas skittered away from DH, but when I spoke to him, he let me lean down close to his face and rub his wattles and his chest, no problem, not a nip. The thing is, I decided long ago that I will not keep a rooster who is a problem in ANY way, for either of us. We've had one rooster in the past who developed a grudge against me but not DH and he didn't get to stay, though he was older and we were both attached to him, so why would I allow Atlas to behave badly toward my husband-I like him, but I'm not super attached to the guy.
