Well. I'm not an expert and I truly can't tell you whether things like handling them or spraying them does this or that but I have raised 5 roosters from the egg together with one hen out of a six egg hatch and I've noticed a few things.
First, they aren't all the same. From what I've noticed in my personal 5, there were three types. Note: I raised them all EXACTLY the same. I handled them from a baby and fed them and picked them up and talked to them. That was the nature of my raising: pets not livestock. From this experience there were 2 that ended up being like pet dogs. They are great. I have one of those away to some with a infant and the infant carries him around. He is not one and a half years old. He never hit a mean spurt. The other RIR was great, was evil from about 10 months to 13 months and now is great. My two black sex links were both just flat aggressive. There was nothing you could do with them starting at about ehhh 7-9 months. I gave one to a farm with goats and one to a person who kicked it daily into submission. The last one was a barred rock. He was the nicest. Until suddenly at about 9 months became the most mean. BUT he wasn't like the other mean ones. The third type of rooster is not mean or nice. He's just business. For him it took me 6 months to reform him into a proper rooster and it was incredibly effective, but few people would have dealt with what I dealt with to achieve this.
My fiancé took the kick him approach. I took the pick him up, tell him it's okay, lightly pinch his comb, and use high pitches to feed him and when he starts to attack. Well. To each their own bc all animals are different. With this guy- he still aggressively attacked Rob bc he used to kick at him and he adores me. He started getting better about a year or so and he's now 1 1/2.
So basically, know what type of rooster (the smart ones are usually trainable, the dumb ones may not be idk). Know sometimes how you raise them isn't the biggest factor, age and natural temperament is. And know how much work you are willing to put into him and whether it is best to do that or let someone else. Best of luck.
First, they aren't all the same. From what I've noticed in my personal 5, there were three types. Note: I raised them all EXACTLY the same. I handled them from a baby and fed them and picked them up and talked to them. That was the nature of my raising: pets not livestock. From this experience there were 2 that ended up being like pet dogs. They are great. I have one of those away to some with a infant and the infant carries him around. He is not one and a half years old. He never hit a mean spurt. The other RIR was great, was evil from about 10 months to 13 months and now is great. My two black sex links were both just flat aggressive. There was nothing you could do with them starting at about ehhh 7-9 months. I gave one to a farm with goats and one to a person who kicked it daily into submission. The last one was a barred rock. He was the nicest. Until suddenly at about 9 months became the most mean. BUT he wasn't like the other mean ones. The third type of rooster is not mean or nice. He's just business. For him it took me 6 months to reform him into a proper rooster and it was incredibly effective, but few people would have dealt with what I dealt with to achieve this.
My fiancé took the kick him approach. I took the pick him up, tell him it's okay, lightly pinch his comb, and use high pitches to feed him and when he starts to attack. Well. To each their own bc all animals are different. With this guy- he still aggressively attacked Rob bc he used to kick at him and he adores me. He started getting better about a year or so and he's now 1 1/2.
So basically, know what type of rooster (the smart ones are usually trainable, the dumb ones may not be idk). Know sometimes how you raise them isn't the biggest factor, age and natural temperament is. And know how much work you are willing to put into him and whether it is best to do that or let someone else. Best of luck.
