For sure. We had a hen house on the farm where I grew up. Going and gathering the eggs was one of the jobs we kids did. I remember also, the hens that pecked when you tried to get their eggs and the roosters that chased us.
Yes...several..had one of my own for awhile...my small town had a hatchery and I went there to find discarded chicks...found two...I had a little red hen and a little white hen...my grandmother helped me build a coup for them...they lived a full life...