Chicks and Dogs

One of our hens recently sat on eggs and we ended up with 9 new chicks!  The kids think they are great and our St. Bernard thinks they are even better :)

She'll sit outside their pen all day, if we let her...

Just sit...and watch...

I'm not sure what is more fun...watching the chicks scramble around, or watching Sam watch them with such intense curiosity.  It reminds me a little of Lennie in Of Mice and Men.  Not saying Samantha is slow, she's actually quite smart, but she does have that lumbering, "do-da-do" kind of disposition and she really would "love" those chicks if she had half a chance!