Do chickens miss each other? Mine screams when one is out of the coop?

the two black ones from what I can tell are roosters and yellow one a possible hen.
You are correct.

If my aunt or someone else gives me hens that are about ready to lay or laying will they be easy to tame too? And become familiar with me?
Depends on what you mean by 'tame'.
Chickens are prey animals, they naturally want to stay away form anything larger than them.
Even when they are used to being handled, most don't care for it much.
You have to spend a lot of time with them to make them 'cuddlers'.
 
Here’s a few photos from last Monday, I think. The two black ones are developing a white fluffy fuzz on their necks now.

the two black ones from what I can tell are roosters and yellow one a possible hen.

Yeah I guess I was thinking they’re still little and cuddly, I didn’t realize they’d go after my face. It was my fault because I was peering into its face and smiling I guess and I was just too close to it.

I like the idea of raising chicks from a baby but I feel like it’s a gamble because you don’t know if you’re getting hens or roosters for sure.

If my aunt or someone else gives me hens that are about ready to lay or laying will they be easy to tame too? And become familiar with me?
You're right about the roos--and about the pullet as far as I can see, as aart said. As to older birds becoming friendly toward you, a lot will depend on the breeds, the individual birds and how they were socialized. It's most likely you'll have success with chicks, at least three, but best not too many.

The pattern I've seen is that when they're hatched, they're totally into me for a couple days, max. After that they know I'm going to rip them limb from limb (which, if you're a chicken, is just survival instinct). If you persist with them, they will likely come around.

After they're a little bigger, then you can get them to come to you for treats and work on socializing them as pets. Try to get them to take black oil sunflower seeds (BHO) from your fingers. It hurts to feed them from your palm--they peck too eagerly. People really like bantam breeds as pets, but you usually can't buy them sexed. I've heard that Speckled Sussex make wonderful companions. (Silkies also, but there again you run into the sexing issue.) I would advise against Wyandottes--other than Columbian--as they tend toward stand-offishness in my (and others' I've read) experience. But you can find lots of advice better than mine on ideal breeds for pets. Lots of folks on here love their pet chickens. 🙂
 

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