Ur rooster should be fine, my boy was. I somethimes remove the lower-in the pecking order girls and take them to the main garden/chick raising area.
For Broody hens i normally use a rabbit hatch (painted blue with chickens all over it, but thats is for cutie looks and to remind the family the...
Im having the same "problem", I have 2 big boys, (and saddenly only 1 girl) and they havn't started to crow yet, they was hatched 15th August 2011. I found out that the younger boys well not crow if there is a mature and more domient rooster, but My biggest and youngest boy is with my shamo...