Like a middle school dance

As it starts to warm up around here (Spring?  Really?  Did we make it through winter?!) the animals are naturally becoming much more active and well- friskier.  This is much more apparent in the chickens, because with the melting snow they are everywhere these days and because we have quite a few males and females.

Which seems to be creating a bit of a problem for our Newfoundland.  Apparently Thora has appointed herself Chaperone of All Chicken Interactions and has decided that there should be no chicken touching whatsoever.  None.  Zip.  Zilch.  All chickens should be at least a foot away from each other at any given point in time.  She hasn't quite broken out the ruler to enforce this law, but she has been seen diving headfirst into the chickens to separate any who might look particularly...amorous. 

This does not bode well for our hope of baby chicks this spring.