I usually let my chickens out roaming around the yard in the late afternoon. They will all go back to the run in the evening, have some dinner, and put themselves to bed inside the coop. This evening, I decided to test them to see if I close the door to the run, but leave the big coop cleaning...
Even though my next door neighbor has 30 chickens at their summer home, we have a good relationship for the last two decades, I still would not allow my chickens to wander over to their yard, potentially scratched up their lawn in seconds, destroy their flower beds, and poop on their property...