Roosts in the run.

[Monk]

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The coop is 4'x 6' I had six birds, but had a serious pecking problem. One had gotten injuried and set them off pecking at it??? or maybe just the personality of the sexlinks??? My old coop was 5'x 7' and ten birds, without ever an incident???(barred rocks, white rocks, new hampshire and an ee) My new birds with the pecking, were free-ranged all day, but I lost two to a neighbor's dog. I now free-range them few hours everyday in the evenings.

Jen71, I leave the pop door open 24/7, never a problem.

 

[Jen71]

Thanks for the replies everyone.
Our coop/run will be entirely secure with hardware cloth, etc. We will have a pop door like this one, and as long as the girls put themselves to bed each night, I don't see a problem with leaving it open for them to come out early in the morning on their own.
We shall see.
Thx!

 

[obxbum]

jen, did leaving the door open work for you? i would also like to leave the door open. thx andy