Chicken will not follow the player with seeds up stairs

I expected the Chicken to follow me up the stairs into my coup. In previous version 1.8.8, I was able to do so.

What actually happened was...:
As soon as I got up to the second step the chickens would immediately lose interest and go about their business.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attract chickens with seeds

2. Walk up stairs
3. The chickens will not follow you