Hi
Sad to read of them never being best friends - and I can see with mine that may never happen. Several weeks on Betty is doing a lot better, she sort of hovers on the outside of the group now, instead of having to stay round the back of the hen house. She still gets pecked but it's much more half-hearted, often now it's just a look and a half run and she trots off. Enid the leader very rarely does anything to her now, it's the other two who still do it. She doesn't seem very stressed out by it though and is laying every day.

And as to size, she's a big bird, much bigger than her tormenters
When I throw their grain in of an evening, she is allowed to rush in and eat with everyone else and she's allowed to eat the pellets and drink the water, so don't have to provide her with separate drinkers and feeders.

I have noticed that when I'm in the pen, there's very little trouble but as soon as I'm outside and it's padlocked up, then one of them will start.

It might not help that they've not been allowed out to enjoy their free-ranging sessions but I've got my sister coming down at the weekend, so will give it a try with two of us to see Betty doesn't leg it.

But it's sad to see a pile of three enjoying the sun together and Betty sat two feet away on her own.

Sue