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My girls don't like snow (except to eat off my boots) so they mostly stay in the barn in the winter. Since the barn is unheated I give them 24 hour food in the winter so they have as much fuel as they need. When they are willing to go out (spring, summer, fall) I feed them outside twice a day.

Why is it necessary to lock them in? They will go wherever they are more comfortable which likely is the run with all the amenities.

They are your best protection, foxes and coons aren't likely to come in too close with dogs in the yard.

Yes ;) The legal definition of "free range" is only that they have access to the outside, they don't actually have to go outside. It doesn't say anything about how much space nor length of time. The "outside" could be a 2 sq ft concrete pad with the door open 5 minutes a day. In fact, anyone who...

My birds forage some then hang out under the bushes or go into the barn for long periods of time and go back to foraging later. Thus I think their "free range" time could reasonably be considered to be a fair bit less than the hours the barn door is open.

Same thing! :gig :lol: You are young! Pacman would be years in the future when I learned math. Now it is such a "nothing" that you didn't know what it was :) That makes me pretty old doesn't it.

My girls (*) put themselves in their secure stall coop (10'x12') in the barn at night and I close them up. During the day the barn door is open and they have free access to about 3/4 acre which is more than 1,000 sq ft for 22 birds. They don't use all that space and they hang out in the barn in...