A behavior (BITING HEN!!!!)

Wow... never had a hen do that to me unless she had babies she was protecting....

hope someone can help

 

In my experience, it's best to pretend she isn't attacking you. Ignore....ignore....ignore....

 

I have a hen that is like this. She would really annoy me. One day when she did this I just picked her up. I was very surprised to find out that this is what she wanted! She is so content to be carried around. I never picked her up before because I just thought she was mean. It turns out she was just craving attention.

 

I'd give her the "okay, you'll be my buddy" treatment, carry her around for awhile in the yard, carry some raisins, She might learn not to bite the hand that feeds.

 

Mine actually want attention, too. Picking them up and carrying them around for a bit mitigates the problem - I liken it to a little kid tugging at your pants leg, or skirt, or whatever is appropriate (for child or chicken).

Unless it's a REALLY hard peck..... then I'd still pick her up and carry her around.

Good luck!

 

My ba hen does this too, but I have not been able to find a solution, and when I pick her up, she continues to try and bite my hand.

 

There's a big difference between a chicken that bites and a chicken that pecks. I have a rooster who used to bite. He would drill down hard with his beak, removing a large plug of flesh. It hurt like the dickens and almost always resulted in a bleeding wound.

I have a hen who pecks, and she does it like you describe. I can be holding another hen and she'll come up from behind and peck me on the back to let me know she wants to be held, too.

A biting chicken is a serious danger. A pecking chicken is merely trying to communicate.