I suppose you could do that. Dusky had no coop whatsoever, she found some place to go when the weather went bad, but we offered her a nest box underneath the back porch. she was legitimately 100% free. she stayed with me purely at her own free will. I did this for an advanced learning class, and it turned into alot more very quicklyThat's good to know. I have a three-hutch pen. Can the pigeons just fly around outside of the pen? Would my cats eat them? One cat lives IN the chicken coop