Closing the coop at night?

[KM2H]

Hello everyone, I didn't find my exact situation already being discussed so here it goes.
We have two potbelly pigs currently living in the chicken run, they hang out with the chickens, we are not having any issues sharing the space so far. We had fox issues with our last little flock, I am also new to this property we have only lived in it for a little over three months.
The chickens in question are barred rock, 6 hens and a rooster, we took them as a rehome, the rest of the troop consisting of one turkey, one whether and 4 ewes are joining them in the near future but the question right now is: if the potbelly pigs are living in the chicken run and I ensure they will not get in the coop, can I leave the coop open at night? Will the scent of the pigs be enough to deter land/night predators (fox, racoon, possum)? Mt husband thinks is enough and that I should save me the trouble of going back there to close the coop but neither one of us have much experience in this matter. What do you all think? I attached pictures of the coop, run and animals. Thank you for the help in advance.

 

[sourland]

I doubt that the presence of the pigs will serve as protection against predation.

 

[cmom]

My brother dealt with horses and his chickens in his barn and had no issues. Not sure about your setup. I would close their pop door at night so a predator won't sneak in. Good luck...

 

[steve232]

If theres any question about safety close the door. Its really not that hard to close a door and its always better to error on the side of saftey.

 

[cmom]

I personally don't close my pop doors at night except my chick/grow-out coop. I do have electric wires going around the coop and pens, good heavy duty netting covering all of the pens and concrete under the gates. I haven't had any breaches. I also have several cameras mostly pointed towards the coops at different angles as well as a few others around. Most of the predators roam here at night. Most nights I see at least one predator on at least on one of the cameras. I love my cameras. Again, good luck...

 

[KM2H]

Thank you all. I have been closing the coop door at night and everything seems good. I will continue to do so until I have secured the run a bit more.