When I was working full time I did exactly what I do now....feed once a day in the morning in the winter months, let them free range at will and leave the pop door open at all times(I had and still have 2 chicken dogs on guard), any birds that feel broody get their own pen until they get over it...I wouldn't be moving them back and forth, it just creates work for you and doesn't serve any purpose, provide heated watering in the form of a heated dog bowl elevated on something to keep it out of the bedding, use deep litter so I'm not having to clean out a coop all winter long and gather eggs each evening. Each morning it's just a matter of a few minutes to get all morning chores done in the coop....throw feed in the feed trough, check/change water, flip dry bedding over the poops under the roosts, see ya later.
Keep feeding and watering chores as ergonomic as possible, with the feed can kept close to the feeder, all water for animals in one area so you can finish quickly, etc. I arrange dog living quarters next to the pop door at the back of the coop~both entrances under the same shelter~ and place their heated bucket in the front of the coop....on fresh snow days the dogs then break trail to their water bucket, leaving the chickens a trail to get outdoors and a way to move through the snow if they wish..and the dog tracks provide great traction. I don't have to lift a shovel all winter around my coop.
