Dyed feed=Dyed yolks=Dyed chicks??

[loverOFchickens]

Hey this is a really odd question so please bear with me.

I recently read that feeding hens dyed food makes their eggs have dyed yolks. (I would of course never do this to my flock for health reasons.)
But after reading about temporarily dyeing chicks with food coloring I couldn't help wondering if the chicks would be dyed because of the dyed yolk?
If so wouldn't this be faster for hatcheries (that are permitted to sell dyed chicks) than taking time to dye each egg (or chick)

I would appreciate any comments.

 

[max101]

what is dyed feed?
What is a dyed chick?
Do you mean dried ?

 

[Smoky73]

The dyed feed would get processed in the digestive tract, which has nothing to do with the egg or laying process.

We eat a lot of dyed food as humans, if it worked that way people would be born with multicolored kids I believe LOL.

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

If its just food coloring added to the food, I wouldnt think there would be any problem with flock health.

I assume it has been tried before, but dont know.

Jason

 

[Southernbelle]

The yolk of the egg is sucked into the chicks tummy prior to hatching and isn't used in the creation of the chick itself, so the worst that would happen is the chick would poop a rainbow for a few days post-hatching

Great thought, though! That would've been cool.

 

[M To The Maxx]

The thing that people do is they stick a very small needle into the egg with food coloring and as soon as the food cloring is injected they clog up the spot where the needle was injected. With all do respect I think that it is terrible to do that because you should enjoy the coloring and beauty of the chick without food coloring!!!!! That is my opinion.

 

[loverOFchickens]

M to the Maxx.. Yes that is one way to do it the other way is just to smear the stuff on the chick after it is watered down.

Here is the exact phrasing of the mag. The weird thing is it was on a calender for zoo and aquarium month...


"By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks."

It has a pic of a blue egg yolk in an egg with the top shell off.
The color of the egg changes to a darker yellow with the diet of GREEN plants.

Thanks for all the opinions I wonder how they do it??