She may not have done it on purpose, intending to hurt you. Sometimes I get scratched when I pick up a chicken because they feel a little off balance or possibly feel threatened and so they thrash about a bit. You have to remember that they are prey animals, and in their world anything that picks them up usually intends to eat them. They are not like most cats that just go limp when you pick them up.Hen and i tried to pick her up and she scratched me