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Chicks Born In Crazy Colors - Baby Chickens Are The Hues Of Rainbow
NBC10 Philadelphia ^
| April 9, 2004
Posted on 04/08/2004 2:12:01 PM PDT by Shermy
Many people dye eggs for Easter, but what about chicks?
A poultry farm in Alaska is dying its baby chickens the colors of the rainbow.
The color-coordinated chicks were a hit with young boys and girls, who were careful not to squeeze the chicks as they played with them.
Farmers inject a non-toxic dye into the eggs before they hatch to get the crazy colors.
The dye does not harm the chicks. The birds will actually lose their wacky hues as they get older. Their brightly colored feathers will fall out as their new feathers grow in.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animalrights; easter; peta
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posted on
04/08/2004 2:12:03 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: Shermy
I expect PETA will be outraged.
2
posted on
04/08/2004 2:14:10 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(JOHN KERRY never saw a TAX he would not HIKE !)
To: Shermy
Oh no. You can just imagine how this news will be greeted by People for the Enslavement of The Americans...
3
posted on
04/08/2004 2:15:08 PM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(By it's very definition, atheism does not need evangelism.)
To: Shermy
Who the hell wants to have chicken as pets? I eat them.
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posted on
04/08/2004 2:15:22 PM PDT
by
Bismarck
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posted on
04/08/2004 2:15:59 PM PDT
by
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(If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
To: Shermy
A poultry farm in Alaska is dying its baby chickens the colors of the rainbow. They’ve been doing that since at least the 1940’s.
Though they probably spray painted them at the time and I’m not sure that using non-toxic substances would have been a priority.
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posted on
04/08/2004 2:16:02 PM PDT
by
Who dat?
To: theDentist; Kenny Bunk; okie01; Diddle E. Squat; marron; Grampa Dave; swarthyguy; a_Turk
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posted on
04/08/2004 2:16:32 PM PDT
by
Shermy
(The only aid the UN would bring to Iraq are paper shredders.)
To: Shermy
This is nothing new. When I was a child in the 40s and 50s, every Easter we had the colorful chicks and baby ducklings.
Just this week I was telling my grandson about them and wondering why we don't see them anymore.
8
posted on
04/08/2004 2:16:52 PM PDT
by
Winfield
To: Shermy
Orange, Lime, Grape and Bubblegum flavors.
9
posted on
04/08/2004 2:18:36 PM PDT
by
steveo
(Wagonqueen Family Truckster - You think you hate it now... just wait until you drive it!)
To: Shermy
This was common practice when I was a kid. It was finally stopped because the chicks and ducks grow into large animals that cannot be kept in an urban environment. Zoning regulations, you know.
10
posted on
04/08/2004 2:21:44 PM PDT
by
Eva
To: Shermy
Usually we defer that bunny whipping thing until after the kids are in bed.
11
posted on
04/08/2004 2:26:55 PM PDT
by
marron
To: steveo
Should make for a colorful Easter basket for a kid. :)
12
posted on
04/08/2004 2:30:08 PM PDT
by
MotleyGirl70
(Excellent book: Condi by Antonia Felix)
To: Shermy
First of all, chickens are NOT born -- they are hatched!
To: Shermy
Okay, I admit it. I am a sucker for 'cute'. These lil' guys are cute.
14
posted on
04/08/2004 2:45:13 PM PDT
by
Riley
To: Eva
This is cool. I wonder if they'll ever figure out how to make a chick that stays a chick until it dies (never maturing into a chicken). That would make a nifty little pet.
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posted on
04/08/2004 2:45:58 PM PDT
by
sociotard
(I am the one true Sociotard)
To: Shermy
More than 30 years ago, when I went in for my vaccinations at nursery school, the school supplied dyed chicks and rabbits to make us feel better after our shots. We couldn't touch, but we could look at these multi-colored critters in their cages. Lately, because I remember getting the sugar-cube polio vaccine at that time, I've wondered if they put something else in that sugar cube ...
16
posted on
04/08/2004 2:51:44 PM PDT
by
Junior
(Remember, you are unique, just like everyone else.)
To: Shermy
Gay chicks?
17
posted on
04/08/2004 2:56:37 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: Shermy
Gay chicks?
18
posted on
04/08/2004 2:56:48 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: sociotard
This is cool. I wonder if they'll ever figure out how to make a chick that stays a chick until it dies (never maturing into a chicken). That would make a nifty little pet. If I ever get to realise my deam of owning a ranch or a farm here in VA, I will have some chickens scratching around in the yard, on a 'just because' basis.
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posted on
04/08/2004 2:58:24 PM PDT
by
Riley
To: Shermy
Yup. I had one of those 'way back in the early 1960's. I kept him until he grew up into a normal white Leghorn cockerel. Don't remember what happened to him after that.
20
posted on
04/08/2004 3:00:21 PM PDT
by
thulldud
(It's bad luck to be superstitious.)
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