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No, I meant an actual case like what I typed out about my turkey experience. Tell me about your "ultra aggressive" RIR, why was he so aggressive, what changed, where is he today, etc. Help me see it from the rooster's perspective so I can improve my empathy :)

You seem to think I have not already tried. In one of my old threads, I spent YEARS trying tame a tom turkey. I raised him from a poult and he imprinted on me as a sibling rival, so he wanted to fight me. Yes I used the "tree" method and let him beat the **** out of me while I sat with my head...

No just the opposite. I empathize with roosters who feel threatened and attack me. I don't blame him for being that way and IMO he is acting on instinct, not spite. That's why IMO it is impossible to change an aggressive rooster. People can learn to "manage" the behavior, but without constant...

"mean" and "nice" describe the behavior in a way that everyone understands. it is same for "aggressive" and "docile". Please, tell us about it. All the accounts I have seen make me think the best-possible outcome is that the caretakers learn to avoid certain triggers and requires lifelong...

I never used the word "bad" anywhere because I am not judgemental towards animals like that. Roosters respond to their own biology, there's nothing "good" or "bad" about it. You can use your own words if you want but we are talking about the same thing--treats/bribes/Pavlov conditioning/etc...

I am not ridiculing or shaming anyone, I am being realistic about how much you can "train" a rooster. I agree that YOU can learn to move slowly and avoid triggers that make the rooster freak out, and you can bribe him to sit on your lap. If you ever slip up, he attacks again. Not to mention...

Every one here loves roosters. We would not be posting on this forum if we did not love roosters. This is reality. Millions of roosters are killed every year and we can't rescue them all. If I save the "naturally" docile roosters, and cull the mean ones, I can keep many more roosters, than if I...

If I had seen that article back when I had an aggressive rooster. I would have culled him much sooner. Honestly, after all that training, she still can never take her eyes off him, and he sometimes bites her, and if a little kid shows up then what? I agree that owners can to learn how to...

These are contradictory statements. If aggression is not hereditary then how can gamefowl be selectively bred to be docile?

I don't think hand raising is the same thing as imprinting. Maybe I am using the terminology wrong. Some roosters hatch out of the egg, knowing what should/should not be attacked. I raised all my roosters the same way and they could not be more different. DNA matters a lot.

What if I told you that you don't have to live like that. I have an asil rooster who will keep his distance unless I squat and hold out my hand, and then he will approach and let me pick him up. I never have to watch my back. He has never flogged anyone, and tolerates small kids who pull his...

It is about innate behavior. Rooster's innate behavior is to dominate other roosters. "Socialization" and trying to be "alpha" is working against innate instincts, and will get the opposite results you want. You can try to tame mean roosters, I am not stopping anyone. If you have ever been...

I agree no one should ever hit or strike a rooster. IMO it is more humane to euthanize a man-fighter. I don't really agree with your linked article about rooster socialization. Chickens don't have big brains and 99% of their behavior is from genetics or imprinting. I have not heard of anyone...