That ime is a good sign.
I ended up training Notch to do this in order to deal with his aggressive behviour at feeding time.
Now instead of it looking like I'm taking over his job by feeding his hens, he comes and 'gets' me close to meal times, I give him first go at the bowl and we walk over to his hens together. Apparently it looks very funny. He struts along beside me looking very pleased with himself and of course, very important and when I put the food down he nods energetically at the bowl and calls his hens to eat. I didn't have any further problems with him after adopting this strategy at feeding time and now I can pick him up during the day without any fuss.
I like how you & Notch worked that out! I bet he was proud of himself for fetching you

Morning Shad and thanks for the coffee.