Don't they remind you of dogs? Lee likes to be petted and will run over to me when I go outside and squat down so I can pet her from neck to tail. Then she fluffs out her feathers. Maybe she thinks I am a rooster. In winter we give her some scratch over near the heated water station so for a few days as the weather warmed and we stopped that treat she would run back and forth in front of us like a hunting dog, holding us near the water until she got her treat.
RE: Mixing flocks