Lethargic, can't jump up on perch, but eats and lays eggs, not a cold

I took her to the vet, he sees chickens for free, he only charges if he treats them. He didn't know what could be the problem. He saw a poop photo and said she doesn't have worms. I think that she was kept away from food and water due to the new henhouse dynamic. She is suddenly the bottom hen and the former bottom hen is number 2 or 3 of 5. The upstart is being excessively mean to her. That combined with the intense heat has made her weak. Since she has been in the people yard a few days she has improved. I put her back in and she was viciously attacked again, every time she went down stairs into the run she was attacked (I popped out every 15 minutes or looked out the back window to see what was happening). Do you think she would be better off in the hen house with "friends" or alone with food and water? I feel a bit bad for her being all alone. She went into her make-shift solo hen house by herself tonight. :(
I have a similar situation. My chicken went into shock after a predator attack. She is coming out her shock, she's eating and drinking on her own now. However, when I tried to reintroduce her to the rest of the birds they attacked her. I'm assuming she is still not 100% because she did not try to defend herself and only ran away. At night I placed her in the coop with no issues. However, in the morning when all the birds came out she was still on the roost. I brought her down and they were okay for a few minutes, but they then began to chase her around the yard. I've placed her back in a large tote that I have in our shed where she was initially recovering. I'm assuming she might still be weak, because she doesn't even attempt to jump out of it. (18"-20" tall) Did everything turn out okay with you? How and when were you able to reintroduce your chicken to the flock?
 

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