Baby Pics - dyed Easter chicks

First, can't remember who posted the blog link, but THANK YOU; that was absolutely hilarious!

When we were kids, we got colored chicks one year. We took very good care of them, and out of 3 chicks, we ended up with all hens. They grew into whiter birds, so I suspect they were probably Leghorns. Because we wanted to keep "our" chicken as "our" chicken, we took colored magic markers and put X's on their heads once their color faded. Thus, we had "Greenhead", "Bluehead", and "Yellowhead" (we weren't very imaginative kids! LOL!).

We had them for 3-4 years, and they gave us many eggs (would have given us more if we didn't have to go on an "easter egg hunt" 365 days a year!!). When we moved, they stayed with the house.

So, some colored chick stories CAN have a good ending. Like anything else, it isn't the THING that is inherently bad, it's how humans use the thing that can make it a bad situation. Let's put responsibility where it should be (and, having volunteered at an animal shelter for a couple of years, I agree with all of your soapboxes!)

Thanks again for the blog chuckle (hmmm... this is getting pretty bad. I type 80 wpm, and my fingers sometimes take on a life of their own. When I typed the first letters of chuckle, "CH", my middle finger automatically hit the "I" next; Chickle. LOL! This is getting into my blood!

Oh jeez folks...

------->They dont inject the dye into the chick !!

------->They inject the dye into the egg white while the chick is developing.

------->The dye wont hurt the chick.

Here are the instructions from the University of Illinois, a well respected institute.
http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/coloring.html


More than likely, some of the colored chicks sold will go to irresponsible pet owners, just as with any other animal, however, many others will go to homes where they will be well cared for whether they are kept for the long term or not.
Hopefully some of the inexperienced new owners will come here to learn how to properly take care of them and will develop a lasting love of poultry.
We already have one new member who, after buying the chicks, came here to learn.
And after all, we were all newbies once.


Suzanne......You will just have to wait and see whether they are roosters or not. But be sure to post some pictures after they feather in because many folks here will be able to tell you what breed they are and maybe even the sex. Fortunately, they may not all be roosters and then you could keep some. Please read up on raising chicks in our learning center https://www.backyardchickens.com/lcenter.html




chel


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I didn't read this whole post so this may be repetitive. But I was reading Ohio revised code the other day to learn the laws on selling eggs, and It is a misdeminor to dye chickens or bunnys in Ohio. I found it odd that they would regulate something like that when it doesn't harm the chick. I would like to know the history on how they got something like that enacted, esp in a state that is predominatly agricultural.

I'm not saying it is right or wrong but give me a break do we really need laws like this!

I have to come clean and tell everyone I looked around for these at Easter. I understand the dye does not hurt the chick and they really are amazing looking. I thought it would be a spectacular end to an easter egg hunt! Of course, we have a flock already and can always use a few more...

No one around here (coastal central CA) had ever heard of such a thing. I would not have bought them had a known they were Cornish X, though, as we do not have the nerve to process our chickens (wimps...)

These are 5 week old colored chicks, Leghorns, that I bought for the grandsons Easter. The only concession was that the chickens had to live with me! (I told the boys the airlines wouldn't allow chickens to fly)
1 purple, 1 green, 1 blue
Now keep watching Craigslist free and farm and garden sites, and you may find some of these that people don't want anymore. I just saw 20 free 2 week olds, but don't yet have another coop.......darn it!

I know it's been 5 years but did they all go ok?

I totally think that no birds should be sold like that unless you are using the colour to pedigree them. Too many "easter chicks" end up "free" when the kids get bored.

Wow, I had no idea people even dyed chicks.