Chicken true love?

[Star and eclipsa]

My cockerel and pullet freak out when they are separated. If I carry snowball away cricket will follow me and if I put them down on opposite sides of the hallway they run right back to eachother. Snowball attacked a cat that i was babysitting for my aunt, because the cat hissed at cricket. Cricket starts making honking noises like a goose when she can't see snowball. Snowball cuddles up right beside cricket when they sleep. If cricket jumps up on a chair at the kitchen table (she does that often) snowball jumps up right beside her. Why are they so attached to eachother?

 

[1cock2hens]

I will start off by saying some people believe love is not really an emotion, it's not natural, its a cultural construct..

My rooster always has a favorite hen, idk if its love but they are definitely imprinted on each other. it's always nice to have a friend