Mating injuries

[Destined2evolve]

We currently have two roosters and 13 hens. There appear to be 3 to 4 favorite hens the roosters mate with. A couple of the girls have some mild feather loss but a couple are down to bare skin and some scabs.
Two questions. Do I need to do anything to treat them? Should they be separated? I did spray some purple antiseptic on the more severe ones. And secondly, do I get mating saddles for them?? The roosters don’t appear aggressive, I just think it is the frequency that is causing harm.

 

[Isadora]

Poor girls. If I was you I would rehome one of the boys. It sounds like they don't have enough ladies to spread all the love around, not to mention they have a few favorites.

 

[Brooks_]

I agree with re homing culling one. 2:13 is not a good ratio.

 

[Chickenlover0810]

You need to either invest or make some chicken saddles. Here’s what they look like

 

[neo71665]

Need to remove one of the roosters first. Rehome, build his own pen, or cull and eat but he needs to be gone from being able to breed the girls.

Second you can try saddles but I'd separate the other rooster and give the girls time to heal up.

 

[3KillerBs]

I agree, that's a high ratio of roosters to hens. Is there a particular reason you have 2 roosters?

 

[Destined2evolve]

I agree, that's a high ratio of roosters to hens. Is there a particular reason you have 2 roosters?

We picked up six straight run chicks from a local store on Easter and two ended up being roosters. We added another nine chicks (all female) in May. It seemed the initial rooster would tend to the four hens we started with and the second rooster seemed to be “in charge“ of the second crew so it didn’t appear to be an issue to have the two roosters. And our children have become very attached to them so it never crossed our mind to have to rehome anyone.

 

[Destined2evolve]

Poor girls. If I was you I would rehome one of the boys. It sounds like they don't have enough ladies to spread all the love around, not to mention they have a few favorites.

Thank you for your feedback. They Dec have some favorites. They all seem to be getting along fine so never crossed our mind to have to rehome one of the roosters