u/EnvironmentalRub1053

I see a pretty common attitude on here that a rooster is either a good rooster or he’s soup. Being someone who is used to taming other kinds of animals, I have a hard time wrapping my head around the concept. Is it really simply a rooster’s natural temperament that makes them aggressive or is there misinformation on how to raise a rooster, that leads to a common attitude of keep or kill? Thinking ethically, I feel like it’s my responsibility to try and raise that rooster for the biggest chance of survival and success, without endangering the other chickens. People say that aggression is unfortunately genetic, and cannot be helped. Is it really so black and white? If so, why? (This is a genuine question as someone who is inexperienced and trying to support my family in chicken handling in the most ethical way I can. I am open to any and all helpful feedback, as I believe there are people on this subreddit probably much more experienced and wise than me when it comes to handling chickens. Snarky commentary is unwelcome.)
Thank you 🫶

EDIT: Thank you so much for all the feedback! Everybody is being so nice and patient with me as they share their experiences, and it really warms my heart! I will do my best to respond to all the comments I got.

Hello, I’m looking for advice on our 5-month-old light Brahma rooster. We have two light Brahma roosters, Pom-Pom and Colonel. While Colonel is kind but a little intellectually challenged, Pom-Pom is smart and talkative but a little aggressive. Eight weeks ago he was put outside with everyone, and we put him with the big girls in the coop two weeks ago, and since then he’s been more territorial. Although he’s really good at looking after the girls most of the time and likes to socialize with us, he occasionally pecks at our feet or arms (although this hasn’t happened to my mother and I yet). But he lets us pet him and pick him up most of the time. One of our older girls is able to put him in his place; however, this morning he and our Production Blue chickens got into a fight. He wanted the water bowl to himself for a bit, and the Production Blues fought him back. While a little spat is fine, he would grab at their combs, and since the Production Blues weren’t backing down, their combs ended up bleeding, so we separated them. I am a little concerned, given he’s fighting them like he’s spurring (he flies up with his feet out towards them), but he doesn’t have spurs for that yet. (I will say those girls refused to back off like the others and came back to try to start the fighting again.) One of the girls’ wattles is torn. He makes a lot of cock-a-doodle-doos. We have plenty of water bowls and food bowls; they were only fighting over one. We have ~20 chickens, so flock size isn’t the issue.

A genuine question about the treatment of roosters

Brahma rooster with a temper: is this puberty or a problem?