my hen is being aggressive to me

[Mamatomany123]

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.

I had a hen that was attacking me. She wasn't just pecking though, she was biting. I tried these steps and unfortunately it did nothing. I rehomed her and they put her with an established flock of hens and a rooster. Knocking her down to the bottom of the pecking order stopped her behavior real quick.

 

[Mellowmalt]

I agree with everyone here, chickens love toes but if she is being aggressive never back down.
Water works great but my preferred way to keep them in check is actually grab them and turn them upside down while supporting their back. Then stare at them while they are upside down for 10 seconds.

Next place them on their feet on the grund and gently push her down - all the way down, then push her head down too and keep her there for 10 seconds. It''s what the cocks do to keep their chicks in line and it establishes a chain of command. I find it really helps to curb aggression doing those 2 things.

 

[Folly's place]

I always wear shoes and usually jeans out there! Poo squishing between my toes? Yuck!
And as @aart and others have said, peck back until she runs away.
One of my 2020 hens is curious, but also happy to grab and peck at me. We have had chats about it, and she's definitely improved. When she started this behavior last year, she grabbed my jeans from behind a couple of times, hard. I'd have been wounded if wearing shorts! She stayed rather than moving to another home, because I was able to manage her, and she didn't belong in a home including small children, or a new flock owner.
Bad cockerels or roosters can be really bad, but so far I've never had a pullet or hen any tougher than the one just mentioned.
Mary

 

[Trish1974]

all of a sudden my hen keeps on being so aggressive to me and i’m just minding my own business she keeps pecking on my toes everytime i wear slides and trying to pick a fight with me what’s the reason?

I have had an aggressive female. The "holding her down" method seemed to work, although I would have to tune her up from time to time. I ended up selling her, and the new owner said she was never aggressive with her but seemed to get in her space too much. Once the pullet started laying she bonded with the cockerel the new owner put her with and new owner says she won't even come up to her anymore - she is all about that cockerel. Here's my thread if you'd like to read through it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/need-help-with-aggressive-pullet.1417713/#post-23286771