Broody hen?

[Hking83]

It's cold outside and I have one hen that comes in and sits on the couch. She isn't laying any eggs. She has the same attitude she gets when she is broody. She goes out to poop then fights to get back into the house and to her spot. She is around 2 1/2 and the friendliest hen I have. I have only had chickens for as long as I have had her and this is just new behavior. Is she getting old? Is this normal?

 

[nuthatched]

Sounds like broodiness, if you don't have a roo or want chicks, you might want to separate her so she can cool off.

 

[Aapomp831]

It's cold outside and I have one hen that comes in and sits on the couch. She isn't laying any eggs. She has the same attitude she gets when she is broody. She goes out to poop then fights to get back into the house and to her spot. She is around 2 1/2 and the friendliest hen I have. I have only had chickens for as long as I have had her and this is just new behavior. Is she getting old? Is this normal?

A chicken coming into the house and sitting on a couch is not normal. Chickens belong outside.
a broody hen will sit on eggs all day long, only coming off once or twice a day to eat / drink / poop / occasionally dust bathe. They will rear up and hiss and peck at you if you get too close. Some birds will pluck the feathers out of their chests to create humidity when the egg sits against the bare skin.

 

[LizzzyJo]

If she’s friendly while doing this then she isn’t broody. Broodies are angry

Also some people do have house chickens, but that is an incredibly personal decision and a controversial one. E. coli is a thing. It exists. It may not belong on the family couch

 

[Hking83]

It wasn't maybe hours after I posted this she got up, went outside and stayed. No more knocking on the door and going crazy to get back inside. She sure made me feel stupid for posting after weeks of doing this.