About those Dyed Easter Chicks

[Jenbirdee]

Hello and welcome. thats really sad. I remember when I was very little my parents bought 2 chicks for my brother and I, we put them in a hamster cage, they died a week later. that was in the 1960's...

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I still see people posting pictures of dyed chicks here. From Asian countries. And to make matters worse, the chicks are usually cockerels.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Yes it's quite a disturbing practice, I can't even read about it without getting nightmares. Humankind can be very ignorant and without empathy toward all creatures.

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. In many areas the dyeing of chicks is now illegal. Broody hens will generally accept chicks - others not so likely.

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska!

 

[SilverBirds]

Welcome to BYC! Good luck with your story.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[triciayoung]

Hello and Welcome to BYC! Glad to have you in this poultry loving community. Dyed chicks are no longer a thing. They would be rejected but not because of the dye. Broody hens on a nest can and will sometimes take chicks but timing is very important for them to do it.

I agree with @LTAY1946

 

[triciayoung]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I still see people posting pictures of dyed chicks here. From Asian countries. And to make matters worse, the chicks are usually cockerels.

That is very sad.

 

[Nomadicus]

That is very sad.

If my memory is still working right those baby colored cockerel chicks turned out to be white leghorns too.