Chickens won’t leave the coop🥴

[Chickenpeople8996]

I have a broody hen in a nest for about a week and now none of the other hens or roosters will come out of the coop is that normal?

 

[WhiteCollarWeezy]

Depends...how many hens and roos do u have? Were they all raised 2gether? The roosters are going to follow your hens, wherever they go. If they stay in coop so will the boys. Are they scared of anything outside the coop?

 

[Chickenpeople8996]

They have been together since they’ve been with me, which is about a year now I have three roosters and six hens. All other hens have also stopped laying eggs they used to all lay in the same nest, and now none of them will go in the other nest to lay eggs.
Would they be scared of squirrels? That’s the only thing that I have seen recently that would scare them other than that our goats keep other predators away

 

[WhiteCollarWeezy]

If the roosters are being a Lil aggressive with them. That may be the cause. Yes luv my birds are scared of everything that doesn't look like them. The goats prolly look huge to them. Think the squirrel or a snake might be stealing ur eggs? I don't think squirrels eat eggs but they are a rodent? Lol.

 

[Chickenpeople8996]

Lol! The squirrels have been getting in there area and taking there feed which I’m thinking might be why they are scared of the squirrels, I’m going to keep on eye out for any others pests, I had not thought about snakes