Thank you for this post. I'm currently working on reintegrating one of my hens, who was badly injured, back into the flock. She has a limp that I dont think will ever go away. I supervise her visits and spray the bullies (which is all of them right now), but she is allowed to dirt bath with them from time to time. The injury happened in August. I started letting her see the others safely from a separate enclosure a month later and just recently began supervised visits. She can get away from them, but her run is extremely clumsy which attracts those close by. She still sleeps in the garage at night. I hope that someday she can roost in the coop. I'm new to this and my flock is only 3.5 months old.
