The chickens will remain in the chicken coop all night anyway and won't leave the chicken coop until the next morning. so closing the chicken coop door is recommended as it protects your chickens. also chickens can go all night without the need for water. when chickens go into the coop to go to sleep for the night the chickens will not leave. » do you always close the chicken house door at night and open it in the morning? start new thread in this topic do you always close the chicken house door at night and open it in the morning? (35 posts) add we also have a fox proof run attached to the coop plus we have high walls/fences around the garden and never seen sight nor sound. "predator-proof" is tough to achieve, even in suburban neighborhoods where raccoons, rats, and carnivorous birds are common. a predator-resistant run will resemble a large cage, with small-guage wire or plastic mesh covering the top of a wire-fen....
So all you need to do is shut the cage door. i dont have a coop. i use to but not any longer. i only have one chicken now who i have had for a long time, she roosts in my garage at night. the back door is always open and she goes in and out when she wans.. If you can’t always be on hand to close and secure the pophole after the chickens go in for the night, consider getting an automatic chicken door. rats. rats rummaging around on the coop floor, and especially nibbling on the toes of sleeping chickens, will disturb the chickens’ sleep, discouraging them from roosting inside.. What do chickens need in a coop? chickens naturally perch on branches at night out of reach of predators. we cater to this need by providing wooden roosting bars or branches inside a shelter that we can close up at night. bars should have rounded edges and be about two inches wide, so that birds can grip them comfortably..
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