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Yup. It's hard to see the ones at the 'bottom' of the pecking order getting hassled so much. My girl Maple still likes to 'burrow' under the chests of the bigger girls, and the bigger girls simply do not like that, thus Maple is the easy target. :-(

Thank you, Lacy. Your feedback is great - and makes really good sense. I'll probably get her a chicken 'saddle' jacket - so at the very least it protects her back/side feathers and may deter the picking by others. I've tried moving her to the 2nd roost, but she always jumps off that and wants to...

My 1 yr old Americana ("Maple") is lowest in the pecking order of my small flock of 5. I noticed many of her top/back feathers are broken and she looks very scruffy, compared to the others. She is not molting at this time. I checked for mites, lice and even took her to my vet. She was clean...