blue food coloring as bluing when bathing?

[Peachesbabychick]

Is the dye okay to use on chickens?!? Post pics!

 

[SilkieCrazy123]

I think it is. She looks fine. She rubbed most of it off today dust bathing, so I dont think there'll be any "side effects"

See? barely any pink there. Its more visible in real life.

 

[KitaNori]

trust me it gets brighter before it gets lighter

But yes it is safe.

 

[KitaNori]

My chickens LOVE their baths, so they are not poor chickens they are happy chickens

Unfortunately I did not have time to do my white cockerel today and I am selling him tomorrow so I won't be able to try it on white, but I will take a before pic of my blue splash and then an after picture to see if it brightened her up. I will leave the full on dyeing to my kitty.

 

[knightie]

I was gonna say there is a difference in bluing and blue dye.... <G> I wouldn't try it. ( and unless I'm totally forgetting my color stuff... yellow and blue make green... not white <G>)

Ann

 

[Peachesbabychick]

She looks like cotton candy!!! Cute

 

[KitaNori]

okay so I tried it, no blue chickens(well that aren't supposed to be)

Tried it on my cat too, and I used a lot of it, and he is still pearly white and the yellow on his legs is gone too!

 

[KitaNori]

according to this wikipedia page, bluing is just blue dye. So i guess that is why it worked. Good to know! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluing_(fabric)

 

[KitaNori]

Oay secons try I put a bit too much food coloring and my cat is baby blue

But I had to put a lot to make it actually turn him blue