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Chickens are just like dogs or people- some are great, some are terrible. Sadly with chickens, unlike dogs or people- you really can't correct their behaviors. That's why you hear a lot of reference to the "stew pot" for bad cockerels.

If you are sure he's not trying to mount her, then he's mean. Cockerels protect hens, not attack them. If you put another cockerel in there you will have a full on battle. There's a lot of other factors that can go into this like not enough space for the birds, etc. I'm just hitting on the...

So first off, are you certain the hen in question is a hen? I'm just asking since if it is young it could still be a cockerel and that is very normal cockerel behavior. If it is a hen, is it the dominant hen? Generally a dominant hen pre-cockerel will not fight at all with a cockerel once...