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post #41 of 402
2/26/11 at 5:10pm
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Originally Posted by chickengrl 

Can we see pics if you make this all happen?  Should be cute!  I do like the dress idea and she can stay her pretty white!  Very wedding like!!smile


If I actually do this

Absolutely will,share photos of my silkie
With everyone here

And then get crucified when I do..lol
Hehehe

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post #42 of 402
2/26/11 at 5:12pm

Food coloring works too (diluted red). And in my experience silkies are VERY calm, laid back birds--not flighty at all.

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post #43 of 402
2/26/11 at 5:14pm

My only thought on this would be if the pink rubbed off on the bride's gown.
There was a pink silkie picture for Imp's avatar a while back.  (someone may have already posted this, sorry, did not read through everything.)

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post #44 of 402
2/26/11 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by wannabchick 
Quote:
Originally Posted by aubreynoramarie 

People seem to think that coloring a pet will harm them somehow. there are many pet safe dyes out there, just like there are many mild dyes for human hair. Alot of these mild dyes do not use a chemical process. They just stain the same way strawberries do or other fruits. Also no, the pet does not know it is dyed. It is not embarrassed. Its oblivious.

That being said, the company "pet edge" offers animal safe dyes that wash out very quickly. Also, im certain kool-aid would work just fine. One of my first hair dyes was kool aid! Sounds to me like more people are worried about the birds stress level during the wedding, i say its up to you, you know the bird better than anyone online. If it is a small scale wedding and your bird is mellow, im sure it will be fine. If it is a larger scale wedding and your girlfriend really wants to include the bird- i say dye it and maybe take a few wedding photoes with it afterwards?

I think its a cute idea


Thank u so much for that..
This particular silkie..has absolutely no personality..nothing, just sits on you..never makes sounds..etc

So that's why so many people like her....she's like..more and more I look at her...and say over and over..anyone home in there

Have to always check her to make sure she is alive

Just so there..but not, if that makes any sense at all

Calm..oh so calm

This is why i never even thought about her freaking out


Okay, who are you and what are you doing with my Silkie?! Seriously, this is exactly how my favorite Silkie Spark Plug acts. I think you could hold a parade through the chicken coop and she'd just sit there and take it all in. I was surprised to see someone on here refer to silkies as "nervous" (or some such thing) because all my silkies are calm, and she's the mellowest of all.

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post #45 of 402
2/26/11 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by RedReiner 

well if being at a wedding is going to traumatize the bird and scar it for life, then you all should not take another chicken to a show or the fair... the last show I went to it was noisy. roosters crowing all over, kids running around. people poking at them in their cages and then...oh my some strangers took them out and handled them! didnt seem to phase very many of them.

Dye her pink, get her to walk up to the bride for a treat so they can get the ring. pick her up and enjoy the wedding. I am sure she will be just fine. It will never be the end of the world if a chicken is in a wedding. and why people get all worked up over someone doing anything out of the ordinary peckin in the dirt chicken thing is beyond me. Your chicken have fun!


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my thoughts exactly!

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post #46 of 402
2/26/11 at 5:24pm

One of my friends said that kool aid was hard to get out of hair so I would use something else unless you want your silkie pink until it fades out. I know its hard to get off your hands.

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Flock eating a treat

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4 white hens, 1 blue Andalusian hen, my old turkey hen, 2 australorp hens, 3 buff orp hens, 2 RIR hens, 1 black Sumatra hen, too many game hens, and 8 guinea fowl plus many many fish and shrimp.
A video of my flock

Flock eating a treat

My Cherry Shrimp
The chicken is no less complex than man :)

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post #47 of 402
2/26/11 at 5:29pm

I think this is a fun thing for her wedding- and your friend is pretty cool. I dont know of anyone else that would want a chicken in their wedding! I know people have used dogs in their wedding...why not a chicken- and a Silkie to boot! Phenomenol.
If you have bathed her before, dying her feathers should be easy. Nontoxic food coloring- like dying an egg. Make sure she is dry.
But also, you need to get her some of those baby britches that have ruffles. i bet you could find some pink ruffly ones.

like this:
http://www.rufflebutts.com/catalog.php?item=386

Enjoy and have fun! You can also designate someone in the front row to take the chicken from your arms if she gets restless during the ceremony. Her pink feathers will molt out back to white without problems. smile
Just dont let the bride throw the chicken instead of a bouquet. smile

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post #48 of 402
2/26/11 at 5:30pm

Does she know about chicken diapers??  If not let that be our little secret.  Tell her the silky will probably poop all over her gorgeous dress,  or go bonkers and scratch up everything and have feathers everywhere.  Besides I'm sure she'd eat the ring(shiny) if she gets the chance.   If you do go ahead with it PLEASE DO take video  it will be a huge hit on youtube.

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post #49 of 402
2/26/11 at 5:34pm
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Originally Posted by 3goodeggs 

My only thought on this would be if the pink rubbed off on the bride's gown.
There was a pink silkie picture for Imp's avatar a while back.  (someone may have already posted this, sorry, did not read through everything.)


Here she is:

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/15498_pink.jpg

Imp

 

 

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit,

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All things are connected.
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If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit,

for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man.

All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.

 

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post #50 of 402
2/26/11 at 5:36pm

I've used vegetable based dyes on myself for years, at first they will rub off - (I have old T-shirts and towels that I rub my head with until the dye stays....) I have used this dye on dogs and cats before - and it stayed for a while and can also look uneven.

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