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Originally Posted by ZenGum
Get (or borrow) a rooster. Let him strut around acting all, well, cocky, for a week or two.
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Although Zen couched the post in a comedy stylee (c'mon Zen, really?) this is a good solution. You'll need to find a local chicken group/ forum/ website, but there is always a surfeit of roosters. And they FIGHT. There's a good chance that someone will lend you a rooster once they have ascertained that Elizabeth is a responsible owner.
My chicken-keeping ex-colleague did the same when one of her hens started displaying rooster tendencies. She could not keep a rooster because of the proximity of neighbours, and because she prized eggs more than chicks, but a short stint was all that was needed.
Nature abhors a vacuum.