[doganjo]

I've softened wondered about getting auto closers - a bit wary as a friend of mine found a hen stuck one morning - had been trapped overnight when the door came down.   She must have just hesitated that little bit.     She was fine as it came down slowly so didn't hurt her , but boy was she thirsty!

[Backinwellies]

after 8.30am  .... I have ducks too so later means I get duck eggs in the duck house if I'm lucky!   No great advantage in letting out earlier ...  fox has made his way over the land some time before that .   Why leap out of bed for hens?

[sabrina]

Mine get out around 7am in the summer and after 8am in the winter. I have more bother with badgers than foxes. They are housed in one of the stables in the barn. When the weather is bad they just wander about inside even if the ponies are in.