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I have 3 hens about 3 yrs old and 4 eight week old chicks. We have a 4’ x 4’ coop about 2 feet off the ground with a 10’ x 12’ run including the space under the coop. The hens free range all day. At 6 weeks I let the hens out as usual and put the chicks in the run with the run door closed. A...

Thanks for the advise. I had considered an automatic door, but how do you prevent the issue of it shutting them out if they don't go in as usual? My girls like to sleep on the perch in the run when the weather is nice.

Hoping someone can give me some guidance to help my very distraught girls. I left the coop door open the night before last. Unfortunately, some predator went in the coop and killed one of them inside the coop. The other 5 girls were able to escape unharmed (surveillance camera showed them...