biting hen

Hey all, I have a problem hen and I don’t know what else to do about her except get rid of her at this point. She is a year old Crested Cream Legbar which generally are supposed to be friendly. She was friendly as a chick and teen and let me hold her and was my favorite. Fast forward to when...

Our buff brahma Winnie, is 6 months and the last month or so she has been biting us. When she's laying or in the coop she bites. If you pick her up and she doesn't want to be held , she bites. Today my 12 year old picked her up and had her at eye level and she bit him just below the eye. She's...

Hello fellow chicken parents! I have an EE hen (she looks nothing like my other ones) but I have an issue with her. She’s absolutely rotten. She’s not with the other girls she’s pretty low on the pecking order. But she’s rotten with me. She will literally come up behind me and bite the living...

Alright I’ve got a mean chicken. She’s an Australorp. Not sure on age but she’s just about ready to start laying. She will let me pick her up and pet her. But she will also chase me and bite me! Please tell me it’s just hormones and she will chill out. I can’t get anything done outside without...

Hello everyone! So my Gold laced Orpington, Boo, is 8.5 months old. I hatched her from an incubator and she pretty much hatched out in my hands..so I have been around her every day since. She's so beautiful and I love her so much and she laid her first egg on January 12th and since has laid 15...

Hi all, We have 7 lovely hens who are just about to turn 1 year old. They have been very tame, friendly chickens since we bought them as 1 day old chicks but in the past month 1 of the hens has become very aggressive towards us. She is biting mostly our hands--and drawing blood--but will also...