Young rooster behaving badly

[KyCoop]

So this happend this morning. ZZ the 7 month old rooster attacked Martha my 5 yr old PBR head hen. They had been sparing off and on for a couple of months with ZZ always backing down. A couple of weeks ago Martha started a hard molt and is not feeling real great. ZZ would no longer let her roost in her normal spot and started sleeping in a nest box.
Then this morning when everyone came out of the coop he jumped her and cornered her and had her pinned to the ground. I ran out and kicked him off of her and locked him out of the run.
I let Martha and her good friend Ruth (the good hen) out into my yard away from everyone else until I could figure out what to do. I went out and bought a prefab coop to use as a hospital coop to see if being away from him will let her get over her molt and gain her strength back.
The prefab is set up right next to the chicken yard fence so she can see and be seen still.

I have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to bullies but no blood was shed. I think ZZ knows the head hen is on her way out and wants to speed up the process. Martha has always been such a nice hen and I am not going to let her go out by a teenage rooster behaving badly.
I've never had to deal with this before as this is my first rooster. I've had hens give way worse to each other though.
Is he going to be a bad rooster?

 

[MysteryChicken]

So this happend this morning. ZZ the 7 month old rooster attacked Martha my 5 yr old PBR head hen. They had been sparing off and on for a couple of months with ZZ always backing down. A couple of weeks ago Martha started a hard molt and is not feeling real great. ZZ would no longer let her roost in her normal spot and started sleeping in a nest box.
Then this morning when everyone came out of the coop he jumped her and cornered her and had her pinned to the ground. I ran out and kicked him off of her and locked him out of the run.
I let Martha and her good friend Ruth (the good hen) out into my yard away from everyone else until I could figure out what to do. I went out and bought a prefab coop to use as a hospital coop to see if being away from him will let her get over her molt and gain her strength back.
The prefab is set up right next to the chicken yard fence so she can see and be seen still.

I have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to bullies but no blood was shed. I think ZZ knows the head hen is on her way out and wants to speed up the process. Martha has always been such a nice hen and I am not going to let her go out by a teenage rooster behaving badly.
I've never had to deal with this before as this is my first rooster. I've had hens give way worse to each other though.
Is he going to be a bad rooster?

Are you sure he was pinning her, & not mounting her?(Attempting to mate).

 

[McChooky]

If he's your only rooster you still have a way to go because he isn't considered a roster until he's one year old.Older hens won't mate inexperienced cockerels and are often bullied when they refuse I'd be inclined to throw him in the extra coop and let your hen go back in the flock where she's been

 

[McChooky]

Kicking your rooster off the hen he's been sparring with will only make him more aggressive and inclined to attack you.I never kick my roosters to punish them because it only teaches them to be more violent. Catch him and put him in a crate by himself if he abuses hens

 

[KyCoop]

I'm sure they were fighting he was facing her , had her by the head and was kicking her.
Yeah it's the older (2) hens that want nothing to do with his advances.
I would like to take your advice and put the rooster in the prefab but it's so so small. I don't think he will fit even if I could catch him.

 

[aart]

I'd separate the male rather than the hen.

 

[McChooky]

I'm sure they were fighting he was facing her , had her by the head and was kicking her.
Yeah it's the older (2) hens that want nothing to do with his advances.
I would like to take your advice and put the rooster in the prefab but it's so so small. I don't think he will fit even if I could catch him.

I rehomed a young rooster I'd had a year for doing the exact same thing .She resents his attacks for rejecting him and giving her flock to younger hens won't make adding her back to the flock any easier

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Don't chase him and try to catch him by day, he's faster than you. Wait till he roosts at night and pluck him off the roost like a ripe apple.

 

[chickachicka12345]

yes. separate rooster not hen. the rooster could go off and bully other hens too

 

[KyCoop]

Thank you all. I separated the hen into the prefab. She died 2 days later. He has not bullied any of the other hens. He wanted to take out the old head hen and he did.
I still have 1 OG hen left but he has not messed with her. She is #2 in the pecking order. I guess he was satisfied by taking out #1.
He will be a year old next month so it remains to be seen if he finds himself in freezer camp or rehomed.