What about free range hens that do not have a run to protect them from predators?
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Well, I think that sometimes, chickens decide that they have picked out a better place to sleep than we picked out lol. Maybe they like being able to see their surroundings, maybe they like the breeze, I don't know, if I was a chicken maybe I could give you an answer lol. But I do know that if you put a light in the house on a timer to go off after dark, they will more than likely go inside to have a little slumber party before bed! For some reason they are drawn to the light like moths to a flame. If i'd have known the light was going to be such an easy solution for me, I could have saved myself weeks of going out after dark and moving chickens into the coop to no avail, and saved myself tons of worrying about them.I have the same problem, although my girls are not free range, they have a nice size run and two nesting areas, that holds six full grown chickens comfortably. They were all raised together, and tonight three of my girls are sleeping on top of one the houses, why are they sleeping outside