My chicken coop is half way between my house and my in laws house (very long distance either way). My first group of chickens (before the racoon) never went to his house. My second group ( brown egg mutts, hatched here) spent most of the day pooping on his porch and eating the dog food. If I got a flightier breed (hamburg, leghorn, buttercup) would there be less of a chance for them to be brave enough to stay on the porch with his three dogs and two cats and grandkids?