Feral fluffy ponies that have been feral their whole lives or most of it are less trusting of humans but desperate times may force them to default to preprogrammed instincts. These ferals tend to have better manners which is often surprising to humans as most people encounter recent runaways and smarties.
Herds with bad smarties have been shown to be even less intelligent than average fluffies choosing to rely on the “leadership” of the smartie.
Runaways lack many of the survival skills needed to keep themselves safe and will often stay in human populous areas due to the familiarity. Studies have shown they choose poor nesting sites, beg more often, and are not mindful of the dangers humans pose.
hopefully that soon mummah doesnt have a special freind and is willing to take on more babbehs, who knows if they all make it you might have the start of a nice herd going on 