Why are my hens attacking our only new rooster?

[ImAChick]

My rooster does nothing but go and lay down and... our hen attacks him! He has been attacked by the same breed, Amberlink and Amberlink mixed with Isa Brown. Should I be concerned?

 

[M-H-Fielding]

Is the roo sick or younger then the hens?

 

[ImAChick]

Is the roo sick or younger then the hens?

So some of the hens are 1 year old. The others are 7 months along with the rooster.

 

[Folly's place]

He's an adolescent cockerel, and your adult hens aren't impressed. Is anyone being injured? Do you have lots of space, places to be out of sight, and multiple feeders and waterers?
And those production red type hens can be pretty tough cookies...
Aside from that, is he ill, do your birds have mites or lice? Are they eating layer, or a higher protein all-flock type diet?
Mary

 

[Painted Calls]

Has he always been in with them?

 

[Duckbreeder2020]

So some of the hens are 1 year old. The others are 7 months along with the rooster.

The age difference is maybe why they attack him, they also probably attack him bc/if he is new

 

[ImAChick]

No

Has he always been in with them?

 

[Duckbreeder2020]

No

The age difference is maybe why they attack him, they also probably attack him bc/if he is new

 

[ImAChick]

He's an adolescent cockerel, and your adult hens aren't impressed. Is anyone being injured? Do you have lots of space, places to be out of sight, and multiple feeders and waterers?
And those production red type hens can be pretty tough cookies...
Aside from that, is he ill, do your birds have mites or lice? Are they eating layer, or a higher protein all-flock type diet?
Mary

We have some spaces to be out of site. Some of our chickens are being injured from fighting with the rooster. we have two feeders and a giant waterer. He isn't ill, and no one has mites or lice. They are eating layer feed as well.

 

[ImAChick]

That's what I thought @Duckbreeder2020