Mean hen

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Same here, I have a RIR born 5/5/15, she to has become moody and ****** when I now enter the coop. She bites at my legs and hands but when I pick her up and rub her chest (fairly hard) she is fine. I put her down and she goes after my legs again so I scoop her up and go about the cleaning of the coop with one hand. What's her deal? The four other hens do not do this. They are laying, but not sure who is doing the laying.

some hens become moody and dominating as they reach the point of lay, they are hormonal, they usually calm down after they start laying. Feel free to pin her to the ground for a moment as a rooster would to remind her of her place.

 

[naomiayn]

I was gone for a week and when I returned this little lady was super aggressive with me. She pecked me on the leg so hard it drew blood. I pinned her to the ground and she came back up fighting. I'm going to get her a job as an MMA fighter I think. I know she is the "rooster" in the flock and protecting her flock, or I think that is what she is doing by the way she postures around them. When I pick her up she is fine and apears to like the contact with me. I rub her chest pretty hard and she is happy. But when I put her down she goes after my legs and she strikes over the top of my rubber boots. She knows exactly where to attack. She is not dumb lady. We will most likely battle again.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

You are a member of her flock, she is punishing you for leaving and reminding you of your place, which to me is quite funny, perhaps you should make her chase you.