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How would increasing the coop size (the area use explicitly for sleeping and laying eggs) help at this point? Will the aggressor bird recognize that the coop is bigger and stop being aggressive with the victim bird? The reaction has been immediate each time we've tried to re-integrate Dorothy...

@aart I've updated the post, but I'm in the Pacific NW. Regarding the enclosure I'll quote my edit: Each morning we let them out of their run into the larger fenced area and when they go to bed we lock the door. They usually get a few hours a day outside of the enclosure too. @rayrose the two...

Have you used this technique where the timid chicken was not being picked on by anyone in the flock except the aggressor?

Location: Pacific NW Breeds: Dorothy and Sophia are both Eastereggers. The other two are Austraulorps. Enclosure: This Eglu with the 9' run all within a 20'x21' fenced and netted (over top) area. I have a four hen, 2 1/2 year old, flock. Last week the alpha hen (Dorothy) suddenly became very...