Am I creating a mean rooster? Or is it 50/50?

[birdlover2]

I want my eyeballs to stay in place I just want to try my best in raising him right. I do understand it may not turn out the way I hope. But it is worth a try. I defiantly don't need a cuddle rooster. That is defiant;y not what I am trying to do. That is why I am so surprise of him seeming clingy. And I did not even start handling him until last week. I let them come to the hand.

To each his own, I suppose. But sometimes we don't get what we want or expect. Unexpected blessings can be the best ones. You may yet have another rooster in your group of chicks, and people are always looking to rehome roos. If he does turn into a cuddle roo you can always get another one. You may want to set some boundaries, however, such as only be allowed to perch in certain places or only when invited by word or hand motion. Chickens are smart, and can be trained to do certain things, (of course, some are smarter than others). I wouldn't completely discourage him by being mean to him, because then he might view you as an abusive threat and snap. Better to have a cuddly rooster than an attack rooster. If you are completely uncomfortable with his cuddles, then put him back with the others and don't let him roam around or sit on you in any way so he doesn't get used to the behavior, but don't punish him for sitting on you or cuddling, whatever you do.

 

[esme13]

Thank you all for your advice and tips , I truly appreciate it. He is just constantly surprising me and today he did that once again. I like to sit and observe my babies, I always have it relaxes me. He decided today was the day to jump up to the edge of the brooder. To which I got started by and went to take a picture of this little boy. He decides to leap towards my arm and perch once again! All on his own, on his decision. He does so that he lays down very low and fluffs up. I can feel his body heat, could it just be he likes the warmth of the arm? He tried pecking a little bit at my sun spots. But that I will not allow.

 

[birdlover2]

Thank you all for your advice and tips , I truly appreciate it. He is just constantly surprising me and today he did that once again. I like to sit and observe my babies, I always have it relaxes me. He decided today was the day to jump up to the edge of the brooder. To which I got started by and went to take a picture of this little boy. He decides to leap towards my arm and perch once again! All on his own, on his decision. He does so that he lays down very low and fluffs up. I can feel his body heat, could it just be he likes the warmth of the arm? He tried pecking a little bit at my sun spots. But that I will not allow.

Chickens, (especially chicks), peck at things that look "different" or brightly colored or interesting. That is not neccesarily aggression, regardless of his intentions that is probably a good thing to discerage.

 

[esme13]

It seems he is looking for a parent to fallow. I feel pretty bad, not realizing. He was running after me today in the yard and when he met one of my sweet hens he tried fallowing her. She wasn’t interested and ran away from him. But he was just fallowing her like a chick fallows a mother hen. Than he started fallowing the dog, which I couldn’t allow. She wants to eat him. It seems his clingy, is for comfort , which I never had in my other chicks. So I’m pretty sure he will grow out of it. I didn’t have a good hatch with my batch , so maybe only having one friend for company is not enough for him. He has a ways to go before joining the flock. Just never had a chick run after me. All my chicks usually have run away from me when given freedom

 

[One Chick Two]

If he is acting like he wants to be your friend- I say this is a good thing. I would actually cultivate this relationship and give him the love he wants to give you- We have bred many thousands of birds over the years, at least 500+ a year, and always kept hundreds of males of different breeds together, and guess what...? We socialized all of them, they got all got along, and got along great with us- even into becoming senior birds. Not one EVER went bad. I KNOW it was all about the positive environment, and attention. My favorite birds were our males. They were the most loving and loyal to me.

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

You want your rooster to trust you. I cuddle with mine all the time and he hasn’t shown any agression. He is 11 weeks old. He don’t like me picking him up but once he is in my lap he is just a little cuddle bug. You want the roosters to associate you with good things.