Coloring chicks

[LinckHillPoultry]

Hi everyone. Just wondering. Does coloring chicks harm them? Can someone include the step-by-step instructions to color them?
Thanks.

 

[silkiechicken]

Do a search on "easter chicks" or "coloring chicks" and you'll find it is a debated topic and there are many ways to do it.

 

[halo]

They're already colored!

 

[LinckHillPoultry]

Thanks. I just thought that the colored chicks were cute & that a read an article that breeders do it so that when they hatch they can easily identify what kind of chicken it is. It sounds quite complicated though.

 

[LinckHillPoultry]

Where is it illegal at?

 

[briand55]

Hi: We saw "colored" chickens at our State Fair. They were blue, hot pink, bright yellow. Honestly, we thought it looked pretty silly and had it been combined with "Chicken Education" so that the humiliation of the coloring attracted people and educated them in concert, that would have been ok. However, they were just on display in the Poultry Building. But these were just freaky looking in my opinion and not fair to the integrity of poultry or any other animal.