Laying hen laying like shes ded on cement?

[ThatOnePotato]

So my 1 year old hen goes up to our back porch glass door while their free ranging and just lays like she's dead on the cement. As soon as I come up to the sliding glass door she looks up at me and continues till I open the door to see if she's okay only for her to stand up, look at me, then walk away.

I wanted To know if this is normal behavior for hens and if not what it could mean if it's a illness or something else entirely.

It is still a bit chilly outside so I have seen our flock sun bathe in their dust baths but the cement laying by our glass door is a new one and just started yesterday with this hen in particular. None of the others have done it so far.

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Shes sun-bathing, its totally normal, nothingto worry about!

 

[tlcmurphy]

Totally normal.

Please see the thread started by @janiedoe titled “This Chicken’s Not Dead”, chickens pick the darndest places!

 

[ThatOnePotato]

Shes sun-bathing, its totally normal, nothingto worry about!

Okay thank you so much!! I was worried for a bit since they all always did their sun bathing in their dust baths together and this was a first time thing doing it alone next to our back porch :,)

 

[janiedoe]

Okay thank you so much!! I was worried for a bit since they all always did their sun bathing in their dust baths together and this was a first time thing doing it alone next to our back porch :,)

I was about to tag you over there, but I see you found us. Great picture!

 

[rosemarythyme]

Agreed she's sunbathing, and probably chose the spot if the cement was warming up better under the sun compared to the dust bath area.