Can I *prevent* aggression in a rooster?

[mikensara]

wondering the same with our roo so far hes only interested in the hens and doesnt act towards us. we will keep him as long as he stays this way

 

[tigercreek]

I agree 100% that temperament is inheratited!! Father and son, Neither one has been pampered and Tex and 5 of his sons are as calm as can be. ........stan

 

[zekii]

We have some good looking roos, they are about 4 months old, today the one on the right who obviously is the alpha roo bit me.
I have held him since he was a chick, but his hormones are obviously kicking in !! I will wait just a little longer before I decide what to do with him, but he is obviously going to be an aggressive roo. The one on the left crows alot, but runs from me, and he doesnt attack the hens, he was hatched and raised along with the aggressive roo, but his tempermant is totally different.
This is my 1st batch of chickens, 17 in all and right now I definitely have 3 roos, maybe 4, so someone has to go, and it will be the one(s) that attack me !!!

 

[Beekissed]

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Yes and yes. This is the only method I've used on the roos I've raised as chicks and I've never had to retrain one that I have raised(I've had to use brief and mild retraining for roos that I have gotten from someone else, though). Just going about your coop chores in a confident and matter of fact way and keep the roo a little wary of you by crowding, unexpected touching along his back with a light stick or hand stroke, nudge him to one side if he tries to crowd into the feeder while you are there or attempts to breed a hen right next to you.

The roo chicks and subsequent adult roos I've raised in such a manner are quite mannerly to humans and the hens they are in charge of....have never had a sign of aggression of any kind from a roo I've raised exclusively.

ETA: Come to think about it, the roos I raise are pretty quiet with a minimum amount of crowing. Maybe because they see me as dominant roo, I don't know. I do notice that second status roos in a flock aren't real big on crowing, so maybe this theory is true.