How to re integrate a sick hen?

[Toffael]

i have a flock of 10 hens and 2 roosters who have lived together for 5 months. The hens had an established and stable pecking order.

a few days ago, one of the hens, a black maran, who was high up in the pecking order was lethargic and had bad Diarrhea, so i segregated her out of sight and sound in a separate coop.
it’s been 36 hours, and she’s getting better.

How do i re integrate her? just put her straight back in or re introduce via free ranging and then put back in, or place in a caged off area inside coop for some time and then allow her to join?

 

[orelsi]

Day and a half is not enough to disrupt the order. I would let her free range with the rest of the girls while monitoring for aggression. If there's trouble you can do the caged off area for a day.