Aggressive Roo, ripped out my girlS feathers

[gummybear61]

A few a weeks ago i had to finally give up one of my roos. he was for one a non stop singer and that is not good for my small urban yard. but the main reason was because he was to aggressive with my girls. he was obviously trying to mate but he would force himself on them. ripping out their feathers and pecking them aggressively. at times i kept him away but i didnt seem to help. i already know one of my major problem one was my flock was to to small 5 girls and i had already 2 established roos. but we kept him because he was hatched in or yard. it got so bad that one of my girls ran away in the freezing cold weather. she was later returned to us but you can see her spirit was broken not to mention ill due to running away. at one point she was the top of the flock but now she at the bottom.

well since i gave him away sadly but with out little choice they seem to be a bit more relaxed. she is even laying again.

i guess my question is what can i do do help with the healing of their already damaged backs from my roo. he ripped out feather caused wounds and looks bruise. right now im keeping my most damaged girls away from the rest. cause as you know the others smell fear lol (no jk not kidding). will it just take time. i at one point kept the lost one inside to help her from her lost adventure to heal her and brought her sister in to be with her. this helped her a lot but i felt it was important to reintegrate them back maybe she wasn't ready.

advice anyone i know i have a lot going on...

 

[gummybear61]

i making sure to give them all of them their are 5 girls all together, extra protein scraps and vitamins to help

 

[ChickenCanoe]

2 roosters are way too many for 5 hens. Actually, 1 rooster is overkill for 5 hens. 10-12 hens per rooster is better odds. At your ratio, you'll likely have some barebacked hens in a couple months or so.
It is always more subdued and calmer when rooster numbers are reduced.
It is important to know that there is little resembling romance with chicken mating. It looks more like rape. They grab whatever they can get ahold of and pull hard.
One thing you can do is separate the rooster for 2 or 3 weeks at a time and give him conjugal visits so you'll still have fertile eggs. Then there will be less damage but your hens will lose his protection capabilities.
The feathers won't likely grow back till molt.

 

[gummybear61]

I know my flock is small ive had my flock for almost 3 years now. My big boy is about 3 we had only 2 girl. Then later we got 3more girls and a silkie we were hoping was a girl but ended up a roo. They seem to have worked things out between the 2 of them and my little guy dont mess with my big boy to much or my girls just one he fancies. Other than that it was happy living. It wasnt until we hatched the 1 egg hoping it was a girl 50/50 right. When it be gan showing sign of being a roo we already knew we would have to gibe him up. I just didnt have it in my heart. But i had to make the executive decision when he came of age and well became aggressive and well sang alllll day. Things seem to be falling back jnto place but the damage is already done. Im just trying to help them heal properly as they been pretty banged up...