I moved them all to the chicken tractor today. It is 4" wide by 8" long so should give them more room to get away as well as distracting them with a new environment. Hopefully that will be enough.
also it allows my older hens a chance to see the new chicks without touching for awhile.
I had 10 chicks in my brooder area. yesterday I noticed one girl being mean to the others. She would pull a feather from one of the other chicks and run around the brooder carrying it while the others chased her. She didn't seem to be picking on any particular one so I dismissed it as play or...