Why does one of my hens get all the rooster attention?

Abe Yonder

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I started with one red rooster and two black hens. Their eggs go in an incubator and are raised in a pen but when they are big enough to go over the fence they hang out around the house.
One little chick turned out to be a white hen, all the others are red, brown, or black. All the roosters chase the white one and have stripped her back of feathers and so I brought her in the house to protect her. The roosters ignore the other hens but when she goes out they all jump on her and she has to be rescued and brought back in. I have to keep running the roosters out of the house that come in after her when I leave the bedroom window or door open She is now a house-pet, sleeps on the top book shelf and lays her eggs somewhere in the house. Is there any way to protect a hen that is for some reason more attractive to the roosters than the other hens.
 
Hello and welcome to BYC - it’s great that you have joined us. Please make yourself at home. You have some good advice from @Melky

More generally, this is a useful link of “How to” BYC guides to take a look at announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3. I’d suggest including your location using the guide in the link. You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie
 
I started with one red rooster and two black hens. Their eggs go in an incubator and are raised in a pen but when they are big enough to go over the fence they hang out around the house.
One little chick turned out to be a white hen, all the others are red, brown, or black. All the roosters chase the white one and have stripped her back of feathers and so I brought her in the house to protect her. The roosters ignore the other hens but when she goes out they all jump on her and she has to be rescued and brought back in. I have to keep running the roosters out of the house that come in after her when I leave the bedroom window or door open She is now a house-pet, sleeps on the top book shelf and lays her eggs somewhere in the house. Is there any way to protect a hen that is for some reason more attractive to the roosters than the other hens.
Maybe she can't run as fast as the others.;)
Hello Abe Yonder.
Welcome to BYC.
I have a similar problem. She's called Gedit. She's big and gorgeous but she can't run very fast. When there are cockerels here I have to keep a very close eye on her, especially in the morning when all the chickens get let out. I had to carry her to the feed station for a while at one point.
 

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