Chickens won go inside, should I just leave them out?
You see, i would always keep a hen inside her run for at least a week until she knew where home was. Then, when I let the out I would do that later in the day for a few days so they got the hang of going indoors as it came on dusk. In fact, if you have a small run attached to the pen, you might like to leave them in until lunchtime as that way you won’t have to go hunting for eggs all over the field. BUT, I would never leave my hens out at night, because that is when predators are about and whether it is foxes or bob-cats, you are asking for trouble.
