How to dye a baby chick???

[CMTSMWC]

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[Chicken Charlotte]

To everyone here trying to tell me it is silly, I do love there original color that god dezined them with but I am just a kid trying to have a little fun.
Plus I may not be doing it yet.

 

[cottagechick]

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There is nothing wrong with being silly sometimes. Even if you aren't a kid...

 

[BarefootMom]

if you do a forum search you will find many threads on it.

I have heard of injecting, the cotton ball thing and dipping in koolaid.

here is a link about injecting:
http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/coloring.html

I know a lot of hatcheries will do it around easter- light colored chicks work the best.

 

[nurse_turtle]

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[GAchick]

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There is nothing wrong with being silly sometimes. Even if you aren't a kid...

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[JodyJo]

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I agree...its for fun, doesn't hurt and wears off...cute idea for Easter also!

 

[kyeschicks]

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back in the 60's they would dunk the day old chicks in a dye bath... they never injected the eggs with dye

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

 

[yinepu]

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back in the 60's they would dunk the day old chicks in a dye bath... they never injected the eggs with dye

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

i know they CAN dye them that way.. just sayin the chicks we got back in the 60's were dunked in a dye bath.. my aunt was one of the women who did it at the hatchery

 

[Hummingbird Hollow]

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There is nothing wrong with being silly sometimes. Even if you aren't a kid...

Hey, I sing silly songs to my chickens (and my dog and my cat). My husband would suggest that "silly" is too mild a word for that behavior. However, the dog seems to like it. The jury is still out on the chickens and the cat doesn't like anything. It doesn't seem to harm or bother them and it makes me happy. I suspect dying your silkies with a cotton-ball dipped in diluted food coloring probably falls into the same category.