Right now my chicks are 3-5 weeks old and are using their coop as a brooder so their food is in there, and in the past we had a fully enclosed run with the food in the run. But our new coop will lead via chunnel to a run with netting overhead but it will not be fully enclosed. I'm thinking now, seeing that many bring feed in each night, to create a mini predator-proof run area right outside the coop for feed and water, then a door to the chunnel to the semi-covered run. I AM NOT WILLING to bring food in each night