Yes, there's a MUCH larger run (fenced in area, anyway) around both coops that doesn't show in these photos, and then some wire and a gate separating the two colonies. So they have lots of room to roam when it's not full of snow. It is interesting to see them "hanging out" together on both...
By the way, it occurred to me in talking about weather and snow that I should give my location. I'm in northern Michigan. You know, just south of the North Pole. ;-)
The main chicken coop is an 8x8 shed which used to house 10 birds. This coop has an almost as large outdoor run and an enormous fenced in free range area, but access to those in the winter is very limited, depending on temperature and snow melt. They turned on one of the ISA Browns last...
We have a flock of hens that includes two Amber Links, one Golden Laced Wyandotte, and several ISA Browns. A year ago we separated the two Amber Links from the rest because one of them was getting beaten up. The two Amber Links got along famously until a few weeks ago, when one of them started...