PINK SHOWGIRL!!! County Fair Picture

[DawnSuiter]

Ok, so I'm new, I surely hadn't seen EVERYTHING but I NEVER imagined seeing THIS at the county fair! OMG! It's so funny! The really funny part is that I'm part of a couple of "pink" organizations and I just couldn't wait to show my fellow pink girls the pink chicken! But then I thought... have BYC'ers seen a pink chicken? Well.. if you hadn't NOW you have!

Isn't that just fascinating? How do you DYE a chicken?

 

[miss_jayne]

it's done with food coloring...illegal to sell or even display a dyed chicken in some states.
can cause dangerous scenarios when housed with others as they may pick at the dyed chickens.

 

[AhBee01]

OMG! It looks like cotton candy on a chicken!!!
Such beautiful fluffy feathers!!!
Brenda!!!

 

[L&Schickens]

That is so funny! What a cute bird. Did that bird place?

 

[lurky]

That actually looks like a "show-BOY" more than a showgirl. I hope they have poultry shrinks, he might have some issues to deal with

 

[thechickenchick]

Quote:

 

[L&Schickens]

If Phillis Diller was a chicken....

 

[DawnSuiter]

L&Schickens :

If Phillis Diller was a chicken....

The chicken did not get any prize this show, but was in the section for experienced showers. it said showgirl on the cage, I don't know enough to know that's a boy! that's also very funny!! Poor boy.

I think it's a hoot! Not something I would do, but still a hoot to look at!​

 

[newchickenfamily]

Whoa! That's definitely something you don't see everyday!!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

That is how they mark baby chicks so they know who their parents are etc.

When the eggs are in the incubator they take a needle, and inject food coloring. Which causes the down to be colored. The coloring goes away after the chicks loose their down.