yes it made perfect sense. I was tired yesterday and tired again today, does that mean I'm retired? LOLYes it is PERFECT!!
And no. It may be a bad idea but I told my husband if something bad happens, i'll change the way we do things but we live right off the highway, like it runs in front of my house, and so we never see so much as a squirrel in our yard. And along the back of our property is houses, so we don't get any cross traffic from predators. They have no reason to come across the highway because they run right into houses. Our neighbors have a huge bunch of chickens that are inside or outside whenever they want too and they said they've never had anything try to get in their coop in the 15 years they've lived there.
So all signs point to the idea that they will be alright. Here's hoping.
(does all that make sense? Seems jumbled. I'm tired lol)
I do agree with the poster who suggested adding storage for your supplies. I'd go one step farther and suggest it be metal, so mice can't chew their way in
good luck!