Rooster chasing hen after she recovered from injury

[KimDunn]

i have a hen that has healed up nicely after being attacked by another chicken. I’m not sure who picked on her or if it was all of them. She has been allowed to hang out around the chicken run as she healed and now that her scabs are gone I have allowed her to go in the coop while I monitor. My rooster seems to hate her. He chases her. At first he acts casual but after a bit he gets obsessive over it and just chases her everywhere. He doesn’t do this to other hens. Am I going to need to find her a new home? The pics are of her original injury and her now. I found her in the coop like this.

 

[azygous]

The rooster probably doesn't "hate" her. In his zeal to perform his duties to fertilize the hens, he's probably trying to bring this hen up to date, so to speak.

If you were to allow him to complete his work, things probably would settle down to a dull routine again. If she is indeed completely healed, this shouldn't hurt her. But if he's the one that injured her, you will quickly find out by watching how he treats her once he catches her to mate her. Then your job will be to get rid of him if he tries to rip her skin off her neck again.