Mother-Hen-Michele
Crowing
(In line w two answers before this one, yes, we tend to overthink their lives, you can let them be)Should I just let them sort it out or possibly raise the lower bar to be the same height as the other
The downside is if a hen is feeling poorly or is lower on the pecking order she will be the one kicked out and then her status will be even lower going forward because the other hens who are mid-range on the pecking order will want it really clear she is below them.
The lower bar seems to me to be a step on the way to the roost. Can you lower the top one instead? Or make the top tier have more space (extra bar) without removing the lower one as a step ?
Lowering the top bar would also stop any draft from that window hitting them in the neck.