Young Rooster - affectionate?

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Hello!
We got a young rooster from a friend last week and we have had him separated from the flock at the moment. (quarantine) He seems more interested in humans. He will sit on two of my kids lap, and mine. Tucks his head under our arm in our coat, “talks” to us, and sits next to us. He hasn’t crowed yet. I’ve never had a rooster that was so focused on us. He likes to cuddle in and get petted. Anyone else run into this? Almost feels like he thinks we are his family..... Any negatives to giving him attention?
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I’ve had many friendly roosters,some go sour some remain friendly but gain responsibility so often times they will distance themselves and stay busy, just depends on the bird and how bad his hormones take him.I think if you show minimum dominance he’ll be fine.
 
I’ve had many friendly roosters,some go sour some remain friendly but gain responsibility so often times they will distance themselves and stay busy, just depends on the bird and how bad his hormones take him.I think if you show minimum dominance he’ll be fine.
Thank you! I will keep this in mind.
 
I keep a lot of roosters for a lot of reasons. Many are pets to the extreme, others get very little attention. That said, I am having trouble visualizing the actual interactions between the humans and the roosters. Many of the aggression risk issues are not making sense based on what I do. Videos of this stuff are needed.
 

The cockerel is showing what appears to be major delayed weaning. My hen-reared games often do it in the fall without ill effect.

That is not in itself an arrangement that would cause issues later, with possible exception of handling the birds feathers. My rule of thumb is to only touch the birds flanks with the back of my hands. Pressure exerted is light enough to not move the bird, so very lightly. I also avoid looking at the bird. Mine can perch on my shoulder and effectively snuggle with my neck and chick without trouble, but no touching the back. Touching he back is rude in chicken language.

My preferred approach is to have birds roost on me rather than try to get under my clothing. When mine try getting under my clothing, that makes me look for health issues interfering with ability to stay warm.
 
The cockerel is showing what appears to be major delayed weaning. My hen-reared games often do it in the fall without ill effect.

That is not in itself an arrangement that would cause issues later, with possible exception of handling the birds feathers. My rule of thumb is to only touch the birds flanks with the back of my hands. Pressure exerted is light enough to not move the bird, so very lightly. I also avoid looking at the bird. Mine can perch on my shoulder and effectively snuggle with my neck and chick without trouble, but no touching the back. Touching he back is rude in chicken language.

My preferred approach is to have birds roost on me rather than try to get under my clothing. When mine try getting under my clothing, that makes me look for health issues interfering with ability to stay warm.
Thank you, very helpful information! It felt like he was treating us like a hen or “mom”. In your experience this is something he will just grow out of?
 

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