In the morning I take my buff out of the coop because she doesn't go with all the others to free range so she eats and drinks and goes back in to sit... I guess it's fine as long as she's getting food and water
I've had my chickens for a long while and they sit on the side of a FOREST with chicken wire and we've been "attacked"several times but the raccoon never got through the wire (it dug under and the girls are fine) I think it's what ever works best for you