Friendliest hen attacking me now???

[KikiDeAnime]

Our 2 yr old white Bantam Cochin/Silkie mix named Mouse has recently been attacking me despite being our friendliest hen. Every time I'm either feeding or just spending time with them, she comes charging at me for no reason and attacks my legs.
Luckily she barely hurts me at all but it still worries me.
This happens in their enclosed run and when they're free ranging.

What would cause her to do this?
Is there a way to stop this behavior?

 

[RuBaltLion]

Our 2 yr old white Bantam Cochin/Silkie mix named Mouse has recently been attacking me despite being our friendliest hen. Every time I'm either feeding or just spending time with them, she comes charging at me for no reason and attacks my legs.
Luckily she barely hurts me at all but it still worries me.
This happens in their enclosed run and when they're free ranging.

What would cause her to do this?
Is there a way to stop this behavior?

Do you have a pic of her? The cause could be that she's broody with babies because my silkie does that with chicks I let her hatch. My experience with chickens is that hens don't attack you but some roosters do attack all the time. There's not really any way to stop the behavior unless you want to cull. You could try carrying her around and show who's boss otherwise you cant really stop the behavior.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Do you have a pic of her? The cause could be that she's broody with babies because my silkie does that with chicks I let her hatch. My experience with chickens is that hens don't attack you but some roosters do attack all the time. There's not really any way to stop the behavior unless you want to cull. You could try carrying her around and show who's boss otherwise you cant really stop the behavior.

This is the only photo I have of her, I'll get another one soon. She's the white one in this 2018 photo:

There's no eggs to hatch or chicks for her to raise. I don't think she's broody either.

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

CoChins and Silkies are notorious BROODYS and will do it unprovok'd at all Times (brood).

 

[KikiDeAnime]

CoChins and Silkies are notorious BROODYS and will do it unprovok'd at all Times (brood).

But she isn't broody. There's no eggs to hatch or chicks for her to raise.

 

[aart]

Be the 'Head Hen'.....peck her back!

Have had this happen several times, mostly with hand fed chicks often as they come of age and get spunky. It's pretty easily curbed with calm and deliberate determination.

I peck them back, on the head or anywhere I can reach, with the tips of thumb and first 2 fingers, as hard and fast as many times as I can before they get away. Well, not hard enough to hurt them, just startle them and let them you mean business. That's what another chicken would do, so they understand that kind of communication.

If that doesn't work after a couple applications, I hold them down to the ground with my hand on their back until they submit....again firmly enough to get the job done but not hurt them....add a few finger pecks and/or tug on the feathers on the back of their neck.

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

But she isn't broody. There's no eggs to hatch or chicks for her to raise.

That does not signify to the CoChin. My first blank CoChin went BROODY on now account @ all...