Hen getting too much love

[Connie&Xiongni]

We have 5 hens and 3 roosters. Our one hen Rosie we feel is getting way too much attention from the 3 roosters. We feel awful for her. So we have questions.
1) should we separate her from the flock at night?
2) should we separate the roosters from the flock instead?
The roosters are getting along with each other. Next question is
Should we get rid of two of the roosters?
Look forward to hearing y'alls thoughts.
Thanks
Connie

 

[casportpony]

Hello and welcome to BYC! I think I would sell two of the roosters.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi Connie and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us
I agree with @casportpony the alternative would be to get 25 more hens. We've been accused of being enablers—but have no idea why

 

[Chickassan]

I'd get rid of two roosters, keep your favorite and get two or three more hens just for a nice full flock where nobody gets too much loving. I'm only a semi enabler.

 

[keesmom]

Either boot all the males to their own bachelor pad or get rid of 2, or even all 3, of them.

 

[Hybridchucks]

I agree with @casportpony and @rjohns39, I'd say get rid of roos
And welcome to byc!

 

[rosemarythyme]

Unless you want fertile eggs I would just keep the roosters separate in their own pen, assuming you'd like to keep all of them. Or you could rehome 2 of them and hopefully that'll take some pressure off your hens.

 

[micstrachan]

Another vote for separating or giving away at least two roosters. I don’t have roosters myself, but have read over and over and over again that your ratio of rooster to hen is way too high. Pretty cool that the roosters get along. Also, whatever decision you make may cause some temporary stress since the flock will have changed up.

 

[Mrs. K]

Get rid of all the roosters, or separate them from all of the girls. Too many roosters, especially if they are less than a year old. If they are 4+ months, they are just coming into their hormones, this is going to get worse for more of your hens.

 

[aart]

So they are now 14-15 weeks old?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/12-week-old-roosters-fighting.1209097/

....and at 10 weeks they were already getting 'frisky'.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rooster.1206488/

Yeah, get rid of the males.....
....and until you figure out how you will do that,
put them in a separate enclosure to give the girls a break.