Rooster in nestbox and making weird noises, is it normal?

[luckypopoy]

The rooster is laying in the nest box, he makes weird loud noises. Is this normal?, the other concern I have is that the chickens have stop laying, please advise

 

[gritsar]

Sounds like he is encouring the hens to get in there and create him some offspring.
Need more info. about your hens not laying to form a conclusion. What are you feeding them? How much light are they getting a day (natural or artificial), probably most importantly are they free ranging at all or being allowed access to places where they could be hiding their eggs from you?

 

[Yvonne37894]

Our rooster do that.

It's like he is telling them where to lay, or look what I found.

Not sure why they quit laying though.

 

[luckypopoy]

they have a corral and their coop is inside it, I looked everywhere cuz I thought maybe they are laying in the ground but there is nothing

 

[luckypopoy]

I feed them egg layer crumble and cracked corn 80/20 and they get plenty light and shade if they want to.

 

[gritsar]

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The only thing I can suggest there is to make sure you're not feeding too much cracked corn. It should be no more than about 10% of their daily feed intake.
If they're not hiding them and you don't have egg eaters, I have no other suggestions. Sorry