19 week old pullets changed behavior

[MrsKroo]

Hi everyone,
Last September we hatched 6 buff Orpingtons. 4 of them ended up cockerels and only 2 pullets. Can’t have roosters in my community so I had to harvest the roosters as they started crowing.
At 14 weeks, at 17 weeks and 19 weeks.
Last weekend I harvested my last rooster. A very sweet boy with a caring personality.
My 19-week old pullets seem to miss him, when I open their run for them to forage around the yard they act scare of everything.
They don’t walk far away from the run.
They only spend 10-15 outside the run and immediately coop themselves. Whereas before they could spend hours foraging.
They aren’t “speaking “ as much either. They also don’t seem to have much of an appetite.
Will they get over this mood?
I will add two more hens but until the end of March or later.
Any idea what I can do to cheer them up?
Thank you for your help. It

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That sounds perfectly logical and to be expected.
They were reliant on the boy to look out for them. Now without him, they have to be more observant on their own. They will adjust. eventually - or you can add a rooster.