Chicken Drinker in coop?

Hi everyone,

I have 2 chickens, and at night they are shut into a hut in which they cannot get out off, the drinker and food however i leave in the coop/run. Essentially what I am saying is they don't have access to water at night.

Should they, or does it not matter?

Thanks for your help.

make sure you put the food and water away otherwise you will have every rat from miles around coming to feast 

My hens don't have any water during the night.  Although the first thing they do in the morning is drink when they come out!

I always leave food and water just incase something happens and they don't get let out first thing. To avoid mess and spillage, the containers are cantilevered outside the coop proper. Easy for me as the coop is inside a shelter itself, but I guess that a side box such as some have for nesting boxes/egg collection would be fine.