Wowsers. On the hen, not necesarily. Roosters are just like humans in the sense that they can have favorite hens. She may be very popular. How many roosters do you have and how many hens? I have a rooster low in the pecking order who always gets chased off. Pity, he's a pure Salmon Faverolle and...
Yeah. I've never seen anything like it.
If it's been on for a month, you might want to check it. If she has those scrapes though, in my experience, you either have a really hormonal rooster or too many roosters for your hens. I have two chickens that I adopted and they came with saddles because...
I have no clue, but that rooster has one wicked comb. I've never seen anything like that. Your Cuckoo Maran hen, is her back sparsely feathered? Is that what the saddle's for?