My chick doesn’t like to be held

[Cheychey222]

Except you've said both lots of attention and now not so much. SMH.

Here is what I mean, every once and awhile pet/stroke him(if he is next to you) don’t chase him. But don’t pretend he’s not there I made that mistake in my first year of haveing chickens.

 

[Cheychey222]

Here is what I mean, every once and awhile pet/stroke him(if he is next to you) don’t chase him. But don’t pretend he’s not there I made that mistake in my first year of haveing chickens.

It really depends on the rooster

 

[ChickenKiera]

It really depends on the rooster

Thankyou for all of your help, I really appreciate you sticking around

 

[2 many chickens]

I no longer pet or baby any of my cockerels. Only had problems with the ones I did dote on as tots. They grew up to be crazy monsters.
Now days my roos have manners and stay away from me. That's how I like it.

 

[Cheychey222]

I no longer pet or baby any of my cockerels. Only had problems with the ones I did dote on as tots. They grew up to be crazy monsters.
Now days my roos have manners and stay away from me. That's how I like it.

See everyone’s roosters are different most of my roosters like being pet/stroked every once in awhile, but not all the time

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Is there a specific need to pick up or hold the chick?

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Ok I’m really sorry if anyone gets annoyed by this but I am a bit confused about what to do with Pippin now because I want to do the best thing that will not make him aggressive (or the best thing that I can do to reduce the aggressiveness).
There is also another rooster (Bertie) who is the same age as Pippin (7 weeks old) and they have both been together since they were hatched and Bertie is much tamer than him (like when you pick Bertie up he will fall asleep). So I just thought I’d say that if it helps with anything, I don’t know what.
So overall, what is the best thing to do with the chicks to not make them aggressive roosters when they are older (and I know about their hormones and how I won’t be able to stop it) and I am sorry if I am annoying annoying but this is actually my first time with roosters so I want to do everything right and thank you for everyone helping me

I think the problem here is you have to pick who you can trust or try to find official literature. I would say I don't always get along with everyone on this site but I respect a lot of the experienced opinions of people like aart, beekissed, kiki, follysplace, centarchid and others. I also go off of my own personal experiences and see how they line up after a bit of experimenting. I found that hand-friendly roosters become mean roosters.

You can also try looking up third party resources through google. You will still get conflicting answers there too but it's an option. There's very few definitive research studies done on taming roosters.

Ultimately with something where it's not a one-size-fits-all solution you're not going to get concise answers. Eventually you just have to pick who you think is the most trustworthy authority, try it, and see if it works for you. There's a chance either way to end up with bad results. That's usually the result of suboptimal genetics in my experience.

In the end only you can decide what to do with your birds. This isn't the only big or serious choice you'll have to go with your gut on... Even if you keep them both perfectly you may have to rehome/cull one of your roosters to stop fighting. You may have to choose whether or not to put an injured chicken down someday. You may have to decide whether or not to cull the whole flock for an infectious disease or try to keep them under severe quarantine. You may have to decide many hard things and live with the consequences. Sometimes you can even make no mistakes at all and still lose.

So think it through, think about what people are saying and why, and think about your goals and go from there.

 

[Cheychey222]

I really do hope whatever choice you choose turns out good whether it’s mine or not

 

[aart]

Is there a specific need to pick up or hold the chick?

They just want.....

but I just want him comfortable with me when I pick him up if something happens etc

 

[ChickenCanoe]

They just want.....

The tamer they are and the less wary, the more vulnerable to predators they become.
That probably won't be a problem if they are closely confined in predator proof runs but if they ever free range, I prefer them to be skittish and aloof. Those birds are the survivors.