Thank you all, maybe the full crop explains it. We let them out of the run for supervised free ranging, nervous about the neighborhood cats (you know lions and tigers and bears, oh my! )
After their yard time we put them back in the run, I'm guessing they then hit the feeder, and with a full...
We're new to raising chickens but it seems like most roost around dusk. Ours are in the coop two or three hours before dusk. Would a predator wandering by cause them to go to roost early? We did see a racoon in the yard next door about that time a week ago. I feel pretty ok with the run and...