Rooster hurting one hen...help

[Bitntwice]

I have one rooster and 7 hens. My rooster is mounting one hen consistently, she just stays squatted in one place and will no move and he continues to mount her, she moves he chases her and starts again. Her back is wounded and under one of her wings. He is very aggressive with the others and towards me, I walk around with a rake. He is a barred rock and 15 mths old, so are my hens, raised from babies. My hen now stays in the hen house or runs to me for safety, I have been trying to treat her wounds. Please tell what to do and how to break or if he is breakable and how to heal my hens. Thank you

 

[humblehillsfarm]

You can try a chicken saddle for the hen or the stew pot for the rooster. You could give him away too. Unfortunately roosters often have a favorite hen. I'd think by 15 months if he was going to calm down it would have happened already but I've been lucky thus far to always have nice roosters so I don't really know that much from my own experience. Poor little hen though!

 

[AidKD]

He's overmating her. He obviously has a special interest in her and as far as I know there is no way to make him stop unless you take her out. I would suggest either ordering or making a chicken saddle for her so her back has time to heal. I used the pattern from this https://weallsew.com/how-to-make-a-chicken-apron-or-hen-saddle/ pattern and it works amazing!

 

[Bear1978]

Sounds like he’s wanting to be the main course of dinner tonight. If he is being that aggressive that’s not good.

 

[Weeg]

If he is aggressive towards you, that needs to stop! Start by next time he is chasing. jumping, or showing any aggression towards you, kick him, hard. We did this with our rooster and he immediately stoped. Now, to help with you hen, I would order some Vetrycin on amazon if you don't already have some, and spray it on her wound. Next order her a chicken saddle, to keep him form pulling out her feathers. Finally, order some painless peepers to put on him. They will keep him from being able to see straight forward, and that means he will lay off mounting you hen. I twount salve the whole problem, but will provide her some realeaf. Until they come separate him from the flock.

 

[RoseHawke]

Not a whole lot of experience, but it sounds to me like you might need to re-home a rooster. For whatever reason, some roos seem to get obsessed with one hen to her detriment, and if you're wanting hatching eggs, also to the detriment of the flock. I recall waaaaaay back in the day, I had a Murray McMurray rare breed assortment that what seemed to be an Ancona cockerel would pretty much only "do the deed" with a Modern Game Hen. His favorite to the exclusion of all others. I never saw him mount another hen. Sometimes they just don't.

 

[LaFleche]

Have him for dinner!

The behaviour you describe is an impertinence for any hen and obviously for the keeper as well.

 

[Weeg]

Please try kicking him or painless peepers before the stew pot. But, this dosn't always solve the problem so stew pot maybe nesssaray.

 

[Weeg]

https://www.amazon.com/Boao-Pheasan...eywords=chicken+saddle&qid=1596229230&sr=8-29

https://www.amazon.com/Vetericyn-Po...hild=1&keywords=Vetrycin&qid=1596229551&sr=8-

 

[LaFleche]

This is not normal rooster behaviour and should not be tolerated. As the owner of the chickens is responsible for their wellbeing and health, this rooster has to be removed immediately.

Separate him until you decide what to do, so the hens will be able to live, eat and go about their chicken business in peace.
An aggressive rooster that is beating up and injuring the hens is not worth keeping.