Agressive Hen?

[PoppiesChicks]

I have a black cooper maran hen that seems agressive. When I go in the coop she comes at me and she even flies at the window when she sees me outside. What can I do to make her more tame? I have kids that want to collect eggs but I'm afraid she will go after then and that will be the end of the kids liking the chickens. Help!!!

 

[Barrdwing]

Oh boy, we had a New Hampshire hen like that when I was a kid! Her name was Ranuncula, but we called her Knuckles. She bit, she chased, she was just a mean girl. If you stood up to her, she'd come back twice as nasty as before. Finally we had to re-home her. Her new people didn't have any trouble with her, but I think it may have had something to do with the fact that Knuckles was no longer the top bird in the pen. She had a young rooster and a pair of peafowl penned with her, and if she acted up, they straightened her out.

Can you try penning her separately with a bigger bird or a roo?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I would rehome a hen like that with kids around.

Seriously.