any1 ever tried hatching a dyed egg, or got dyed chicks?

[Wolf-Kim]

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They look like a bunch of candy

OMG I have never seen such a thing! almost scary yet cute???? I wonder how many of them sell.... Cant be good for them although the roos might like the extra colors make him think he's prettier

The dye itself doesn't harm the birds and the dyed chicks and ducklings are sold probably by the hundreds or thousands at Easter time. The only thing really wrong with it is that it encourages people to by the chicks off of a cute Easter whim and then don't know what to do with the birds once the novelty wears off.

Personally, I don't think it's a big issue, people buy normal non-dyed chicks off whims all the time. My very first chickens several years ago were purchased by my mother around Easter and bought off a whim, they lived to be several years old until a predator got them. I just think that if someone wants dyed Easter chicks, they better prepare to do something with them once they aren't chicks anymore.

Dyed Easter eggs on the other hand, will most likely not hatch. The natural bloom left on the egg by the hen is essential to hatching eggs and I'm sure the residue left from the colored bath can only bring anything but harm. Save the time and incubator space and just buy colored Easter chicks or ducklings.

-Kim

 

[jvls1942]

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the original question is forgotten and the replies go way off the subject.. It is like the old game of post office..

boiling the eggs usually cancels any hope of hatching.

eggs do not color well if the bluhm (sp)is not removed, I think that is why eggs were boiled .. recent dyes might not be like the old dyes were..

 

[Bettacreek]

The dyed chicks are actually illegal in some places. I personally think it's pretty stupid, it only increases impulse buys.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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I think impulse buyers buy regardless of coloring. I know my mom bought undyed RIR and Barred Rock chicks on Easter. Not specifically for Easter, but an impulse buy regardless.

I would be afraid of making the sales of them illegal actually. Because at least the hatcheries dye them inside the eggs in a safe pattern. I'm sure people in those areas where it is illegal that still wanted dyed chicks, would just buy the chicks undyed and then dye them dangerously at home by dunking them into dye.

*heh* Sorry, I know I'm aweful for thread hijacking. I just wanted to put my 2 cents on the subject of dyed chicks in.

-Kim

 

[Bock_Bock]

its perfectly fine to talk about the died chicks on this thread i will even change title, talk away it was going to come up some time or another

 

[cutiepieacres]

I have ordered colored easter ducks at least twice, you never know what color is going to come in your box! Last time we got a green duck and and orange duck. Of course though I ordered them with chicks I was already ordering and I know full well in a couple weeks they will be plain white ducks that are growing to grow up fast and need a place to make a mess.

I do see how they could attract people who know nothing about chickens or ducks that buy them just because they are a cute novelty and not realize what they are going to turn into or not know that they need to be kept warm or what to feed a baby chick. The breeds they dye are not anything special they usually just turn out white as the pure yellow chicks take the color best.

I have wanted to try to dye some of my own but havent gotten there yet. I think it would be interesting though.

 

[minna]

I am one of those against the dyed chicks. My dh wants me to advertise baby chicks for sell at easter without the dye even, but I feel like I am sending them to their grave. But I am ticky anyway. I flipped out the other day b/c my dh said he had a lady coming into work every other day asking if I had day olds yet, b/c she wanted 5. I told him if she doesn't know enough to know they don't hatch in one day, then I don't want her to have them. He says I am too harsh, probably so, and I will probably sell her the chicks. I just wish ppl would be educated when buying animals. If I were a dog breeder, no one would question me wanted to sell my puppies to ppl who would take care of them, so why should my chicks be any different. They are only cute and fuzzy for a little while and then when they go through their awkward stage, no one wants them. Then they are "too big".

 

[Harley's girl]

This is totally off of the topic. BUT......I seen on t.v a show (I think is was Entertainment Tonight) and an extremely wealthy woman had her cat dyed PINK! She thought it looked cute.

I thought the poor little thing looked awful but that is just me.

Anyways, so I am thinking if they will dye cats pink and that is legal then why not chicks and ducks? Just a thought.

 

[ntiveheart]

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i DO sell colored chicks and ducklings at easter......but the ducks i will only sell in lots of 2 and the chicks in lots of 3. a detailed (but simple) care sheet goes with each baby and a zip lock bag of the food i'm feeding them along with a business card from my feed store.
i have been known to refuse a sale, though, when someone just "felt" wrong.

 

[Cowboy Joe]

FYI...

" New York State, Agriculture & Markets Animals, Section 354 Sale of baby chicks and rabbits
1965, amended 1985

Summary: 'Baby rabbit' = rabbit less than two months old.

Prohibits selling, offering for sale, or giving away live baby chicks, ducklings, other fowl, or rabbits unless proper brooder facilities are provided for the care of such baby animals.

Prohibits selling, offering for sale, or displaying live baby chicks, ducklings, other fowl or rabbits if the animals have been dyed, or otherwise artificially colored."


I've seen the dyed chicks for sale before...didn't realize this was illegal in New York.