Leave the chickens out in the run all day?

If you have say, 33 chickens and an 8' x 10' coop.

And let's say you have a 10' x 20' run that has hardware cloth around the perimeter as well as hardware cloth on the sides that are 7' tall.

And you have chicken wire across the top....

Any reason you wouldn't leave the girls out all day in the run if you are at work? Maybe free range them on the acreage when you are home and confine to this run and coop during the day while at work?

Given these details that is exactly what I would do. Though, if these are all adult large fowl birds that I would be keeping long term (vs a flock of growing birds who would be thinned with selling, giving away, etc) I would also be looking at ways to expand the living spaces both coop and run to better accommodate the numbers.
 
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