Mine were locked in their cruel henhouse overnight. Not to keep them in, but to keep fox and other sharp-toothed critters out.
Otherwise, they roamed the yard and pastures eating bugs and stuff. Had one zoom by me, angels 5 feet, and snatch a flying grasshopper right out of the air.
Startled the hell out of me, then I was amazed at that kind of precision flying.
Downside was we lost about 13 birds to some kind of predator when we went off on a day trip somewhere. Must have been a loose dog, because they weren't carried off to be eaten. They were just killed and left there.
Terry