Hens plucking feathers off of rooster

[patrickj]

seven girls and all of a sudden they started pulling out his tail feathers and then today I saw they have
been pulling feathers off behind his neck...looks awful..down to the meat...poor fellow.
Why are they doing this? they free foam have a very peaceful life..seems really strange.

he jumps the girls from behind a lot, they seem to not like it..but, I thought that is normal behavior?
thank you

 

[Jarrett Dobbins]

Is the rooster you are talking about younger than the hens?

 

[Katielumbard]

My hens did the same thing to my rooster and yeah he's younger does that matter? Do you have any advice