If the goal is pettable pets I would suggest not having a rooster. Even my friendliest of hens was a little more aloof with a rooster. Not that I pet my chickens much.
I find a rooster brings harmony to the inner workings of a flock and is an effect guard against day predators like hawks as they're more likely to spot them first. Where the rooster goes, the hens go. What the rooster finds to eat, he invites the hens to eat. Where the rooster is, the hens feel safer. The rooster brings the flock together. It's amazing to watch how a good rooster treats his hens. He'll dance for them before mating, he'll sometimes break up fights, he'll call them for food, he'll watch the skies when they're eating, he'll lead them to cover when he's nervous, he'll sing with them when an egg is layed, and he'll run to them when they scream or are alone.
Without a rooster... YOU are the rooster. YOU bring the flock together. YOU provide the food and shelter. And the hens know that, so of course they will follow you around more and hang closer without a rooster because of that. And that closeness will allow the hens to generally be more hand friendly from sheer exposure and desire for food. Of course hens with no rooster are a delight of their own, but it's a different sort of joy. Less reverent, more goofy and personal as the hens individual personalities come out the most around food and safety and if you're that food and safety it's easier to see.
Having said that, plenty of chickens will never allow themselves to be pet or handled. A few won't let you get too close no matter what. Most don't like to be touched anyhow. It's very individual but they're much more wild on average than a dog or cat.
If I were designing a plan for you, I would first raise a group of hens with no roosters at all. Sexed chicks, or straight run with plans to eat/rehome every rooster. Handle them a ton, get cozy, hand feed them, etc. Keep the ladies. Then get a rooster or a small group of rooster chicks you can raise hands-off from somewhere else after the hens are already very friendly to you. You can even raise both batches of chicks at the same time. One batch sexed hens one batch sexed roos, two brooders.
Because, as much patience as I have with animals, if one of them so much as even attempts aggression against my kids, it will be served for dinner! 
I was clueless, but I learned through trial and error. 
) so all I want from him is to not attack anybody. Cuddling not necessary.
