The flock is acting strange! Bullying!

[Cryss]

@ChickensComeHome2Roost I have 4 sqft/bird inside the coop. The nests are more than a foot above the floor. The run has a bit more than 12 sqft/bird. The babies are now 15 weeks old and have never had more than normal pecking order activity. But mom and auntie still hid from the flock. Two days ago I decided to push limits and not continue to try to reintroduce them. They hid for almost Two days. Partway through yesterday they snuck into the run for food and water while the flock ate a snack I had just scattered. That gave me hope. Today I took some scraps to the run. The two were in the pop door watching me. Them came running out to eat! They seem to not be bothered by the flock so I’m thinking there’s been a turn around!
Chickens! So entertaining yet so puzzling sometimes!

 

[McChooky]

My chicks were added when they were only 2 weeks old and get along fine for the most part but the minute they get too close to the hens they're chased back into their own coop where they will hide the rest of the day unless they see me.