I started a new batch of chicks this spring--a variety called the Black Sex Link. The advantage is that you can tell at sight which are male and female. Unfortunately, we can't keep a rooster in city limits. The half-grown chicks are such little characters! My dog Bo doesn't bother them at all. Of course, he is probably too laid back to protect them, either. We have red-tailed hawks nesting nearby, and in past years, I have lost chicks to Cooper's Hawks.
When my husband Roy saw them, he said they were my affirmative action chicks. Black chicks rule! |
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