Dyeing eggs

[thekid]

I heard hatcheries around Easter dye their chicks somehow before they put them in the bator. How do they do this? Thankyou - Brian

 

[XxKiki_Bantam_BreederxX]

Some take a syringe and pop a hole in the egg, inject the embryo with dye, and seal it back up with wax.

 

[Kschwartz]

The chicks will hatch colorful when you do this? That's crazy... I want one!!

 

[thekid]

is there any other ways or is there only one?

 

[debilorrah]

Dye them with koolaid after they hatch.

 

[thekid]

for the wax over a egg thing... How would you wax it over? Would you just take a candel and melt it on there or something? I really want to do this when I hatch something out haha

 

[debilorrah]

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You have a much better chance at the egg hatching if you don't do that and dye it with koolaid after it hatches.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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You have a much better chance at the egg hatching if you don't do that and dye it with koolaid after it hatches.

Actually hatch rate should be the same if done properly. You need to candle while injecting to be sure to get the needle in the correct place.

 

[pdsavage]

Coloring Chick Embryos



http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/coloring.html

 

[Chickangel79]

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That's how I did mine. I always do mine over a candler and put a plaster/band aid over the hole. You will need a needle first to make the hole otherwise the syringes bend and snap.