Pop door on the hen house?

[rugznjones]

Our hen house is inside a inclosed run. Solid roof and concrete all around the bottom with wire sunk in pretty much fort knox. We live in a area where it only gets down to 15 degrees maybe once a year. We were going to put a door on the hen house later this summer or fall before it gets cold but I'm wondering if we need to lock up our girls every night anyways??

 

[JackE]

If you are totally confident in your run's construction, you could just leave their door open, or just doorless. Then you don't have to make a trip every morning to let them out. And really, I don't think you have to worry much about having the pop door open in the winter. Should not be a big deal. After all, the whole front of my coop is open year round, and the chickens don't have any problems from it.
Jack

 

[rugznjones]

This is what ours looks like... So I guess my question is the chickens will know to go and put themselves to bed inside the house? or will they roost outside?

 

[JackE]

Being that the coop is not that big. And depending on how many chickens you have, and whatever the temp might be on any given day/night. I believe that yes, you may have some that will prefer to roost out in the protected run. The run looks pretty secure, so that shouldn't be a big deal.
Jack

 

[ECBW]

My pop door has a door but never close. The run is secure.