Bald spot from being mated

[chuckachucka]

I have a bantam rooster with two girls. I know this ratio isn't good but I also have three more pullets which I will be introducing to him (they are currently kept separate) in around 6 weeks.
Right now, one of the hens with him seems to be snubbing his advances after coming out of a brood. This leaves him only mating one.

In the past couple of weeks I have noticed this one hen is getting a bald spot on the top of her head where the rooster is biting her during mating. I've heard of chicken saddles but nothing to protect head feathers. Is there anything I can do as the bald spot is getting bigger by the day. My other hen never had this problem with the same rooster before she went broody.

 

[chickens really]

Get more Hens..The feathers will grow back once she molts.

 

[chuckachucka]

Get more Hens..The feathers will grow back once she molts.

Thanks. As I said I have three pullets lined up and will probably be getting one or two more by mid summer. How many hens is ideal to keep with one roo in a bantam flock? I keep them as pets and am not bothered about if all eggs are fertilised, only that there are enough girls to avoid any being overmated.

 

[chickens really]

Thanks. As I said I have three pullets lined up and will probably be getting one or two more by mid summer. How many hens is ideal to keep with one roo in a bantam flock? I keep them as pets and am not bothered about if all eggs are fertilised, only that there are enough girls to avoid any being overmated.

Three more should be great..

 

[aart]

How many hens is ideal to keep with one roo in a bantam flock?

There's really no 'ideal'......even with a dozen more birds he may still pay an undue amount of attention to one girl. Some birds have brittle feathers and more likely to lose them to a cockbirds technique.