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Raising them together helps. That's either as siblings or as father/son, even if they are not blood related. But that is not going to solve the problem. They still have to go through puberty. When the hormones hit the immature cockerels those hormones often take over. The hormones tell them...

Dad kept one rooster with 25 to 30 hens and practically all the eggs were fertile, at least most of the time. That was free ranging on a farm. Some roosters can't do that, especially as they get older. Larger breed roosters are less likely to be able to do that as compared to smaller breeds...

Kneeling? I don't know where people hear this stuff, probably in this forum. I'm having trouble envisioning how a cockerel could kneel, let alone that solving a problem. I can't give you any guarantees of what will happen with living animals but many of us can tell you some of the things...

From reading this thread I think that is a good plan. Also a good plan. When I add a rooster I either hatch a bunch and keep the best or order a bunch and keep the best.

I agree. Way too many variables. Individual personality is a big variable but other things can affect flock dynamics.