Hen hates rooster?

[Wonderling]

I have a Buff Orphington named Marigold, who had a complete personality flip from previously being very submissive. I had her and my other hen with a rooster for awhile but he became people aggressive and started overdoing it so that my other hen was starting to loose feathers on her back. I got rid of the rooster and then had Marigold with some chicks which were being raised by a Bantam hen but Marigold didn't them (would chase them around) so I moved her to another coop. To be fair that group of chicks were rather unruly...we called them "the raptor chicks".

Now I have a Rooster (one of the raptor chicks, the mellow one) and a group of chicks that are together while I have Marigold and my other hen in a separate coop. The two hens are let out to free range every day and spend a lot of time by the other coop which is only 2ft away from their coop, my other hen seems to want in with the rooster, Marigold however wants to fight him, much to his defensive confusion. I wanted to move them all into the larger coop together but I'm worried Marigold will simply try to fight him to the death because she's decided to hate roosters or at least this one. I'm wondering if there is a way to convince her he's a good guy? Otherwise I think I'm going to have to keep having two coops which is just more work than I'd like if I can help it. Any suggestions?

This rooster isn't showing signs of being like his dad (the aggressive one), other than being very handsome, he gets out of my way in a respectful manner but acts very concerned and conflicted if I'm getting too close or picking up any of his "chicks" (3-4 months old). The hen who wants into the coop with the rooster is actually his mom, but I will not be hatching anymore eggs from my own chickens so I decided not to worry about having a related flock.

Edit: The 2 Hens will be 2 yrs in spring.
"Rooster" is actually a cockerel (Hatched July 15th) Chicks with him are (3-4 months)

 

[aart]

Confused a bit as to how many birds of what age and gender we are talking about here.

So you have 2 hens(over a year old),
and a group of younger birds that are 3-4 months old, one of which is a male?

FYI.....semantics, maybe, but can be important communication terms when discussing chicken behavior.
Female chickens are called pullets until one year of age, then they are called hens.
Male chickens are called cockerels until one year of age, then they are called cocks(or cockbirds or roosters).
Age in weeks or months is always a good thing to note.

 

[Wonderling]

Confused a bit as to how many birds of what age and gender we are talking about here.

So you have 2 hens(over a year old),
and a group of younger birds that are 3-4 months old, one of which is a male?

FYI.....semantics, maybe, but can be important communication terms when discussing chicken behavior.
Female chickens are called pullets until one year of age, then they are called hens.
Male chickens are called cockerels until one year of age, then they are called cocks(or cockbirds or roosters).
Age in weeks or months is always a good thing to note.

Oops posted that late last night and not sure how well I explained things.
Added this to my original post as well: The 2 Hens will be 2 yrs in spring.
"Rooster" is actually a cockerel (Hatched July 15th) and the chicks with him are (3-4 months)

 

[aart]

Does Marigold fight the pullets too?
Your cockerel is coming of age, probably trying to mount her and she's putting him in his place.
Is the cockerel mounting the pullets too?
Do you plan on keeping the cockerel?

Eventually you'll have to let them work it out of you want them in the same coop.

Maybe something here might help, tips about....
Integration Basics:
It's all about territory and resources(space/food/water).
Existing birds will almost always attack new ones to defend their resources.
Understanding chicken behaviors is essential to integrating new birds into your flock.

Confine new birds within sight but physically segregated from older/existing birds for several weeks, so they can see and get used to each other but not physically interact.

In adjacent runs, spread scratch grains along the dividing mesh, best if mesh is just big enough for birds to stick their head thru, so they get used to eating together.

The more space, the better. Birds will peck to establish dominance, the pecked bird needs space to get away. As long as there's no copious blood drawn and/or new bird is not trapped/pinned down and beaten unmercilessly, let them work it out. Every time you interfere or remove new birds, they'll have to start the pecking order thing all over again.

Multiple feed/water stations. Dominance issues are most often carried out over sustenance, more stations lessens the frequency of that issue.

Places for the new birds to hide 'out of line of sight'(but not a dead end trap) and/or up and away from any bully birds. Roosts, pallets or boards leaned up against walls or up on concrete blocks, old chairs tables, branches, logs, stumps out in the run can really help. Lots of diversion and places to 'hide' instead of bare wide open run.

 

[Wonderling]

Does Marigold fight the pullets too?
Your cockerel is coming of age, probably trying to mount her and she's putting him in his place.
Is the cockerel mounting the pullets too?
Do you plan on keeping the cockerel?

Eventually you'll have to let them work it out of you want them in the same coop.

She only seems interested in wanting to fight him but if he wasn't there she might want to fight the pullets, I can't be sure. He crows but he doesn't mount any of the pullets as far as I've seen and somewhat ignores them. He seems interested in the bigger hens when they walk over to the fence and he goes over to see them. He only fluffs up his neck feathers when Marigold tries to peck him through the wire. Even with his neck feathers fluffed up he doesn't try to peck back and just tries to get a better look at her and seems rather confused by her aggression.

My plan is to keep him but those plans can change later, so far his personality seems fine though he is still very young. Marigold also tried to attack her chicks as they started to hatch (while still in the egg) so she's been banned from hatching, only lost one and got to the rest in time to move them into the incubator, those are the same chicks that are now with the cockerel.

I'm going to be building a new larger coop and run in the next couple weeks. If the integration techniques don't do the trick (thanks for those by the way) then I'll just move Marigold and the other hen into the bigger coop that I have now and keep them away from the rest in the new coop across the yard.