Coloring (dying the feathers) of baby chicks may be cute but can also be very dangerous for the baby chicks. Watch our featured video: Animal Cruelty-Painting Baby Chickens.Check out the dangers of coloring baby chicks.
Every year baby chicks are subjected to the torture of being artificially colored using dyes. Many chicks die during the coloring process because baby chicks die quickly if they are cold or wet.
Poisonous dyes
Most dyes used to color baby chicks are poison to the poor little peeps as they grow and clean their feathers and the dye can get into their system and kill them even after the dye disappears and their natural color appears. They ingest the dye which cannot be digested properly and damages their internal organs which causes them to die. The sellers of these colored cuties do not care that the dye kills the chicks; all they want to do is make a fast buck.
Many barely survive the trip only to be bought for a small child by a well meaning friend or relative. They buy them because they are "so cute" but do not consider what will happen to the chicks when the color wears off. The children quickly lose interest in the chick as it becomes a full grown chicken and is no longer a bright color.
Most chicks sold during the Easter season are males who turn into roosters and crow early in the morning. 75 percent of these cute chicks die due to the coloring, mishandling, or improper care. Many are abandoned and left to wander the streets or "set free" in the woods.
When pets are kept in captivity they do not know how to take care of themselves in the wild and most will be killed very quickly by dominant predators in the area within hours or days of the drop-off.
Coloring baby chicks is cruel. Stop the cruelty. Don't buy colored chicks.
Before you give a gift of a chicken or other live pet-do this:
If you want to give baby chicks to someone as a gift, you should ask the person you plan to give the chick or other live pet to, in advance. Make sure the person is old enough or not too old, to take care of a pet, can afford to take care of one, and provide a book to help them learn how to take care of their pet.
Make sure children are aware of the dangers of mishandling such as broken bones caused by squeezing, hugging or stepping on their pet which many times leads to a cruel, unnatural death.
Every year baby chicks are subjected to the torture of being artificially colored using dyes. Many chicks die during the coloring process because baby chicks die quickly if they are cold or wet.
Poisonous dyes
Most dyes used to color baby chicks are poison to the poor little peeps as they grow and clean their feathers and the dye can get into their system and kill them even after the dye disappears and their natural color appears. They ingest the dye which cannot be digested properly and damages their internal organs which causes them to die. The sellers of these colored cuties do not care that the dye kills the chicks; all they want to do is make a fast buck.
Many barely survive the trip only to be bought for a small child by a well meaning friend or relative. They buy them because they are "so cute" but do not consider what will happen to the chicks when the color wears off. The children quickly lose interest in the chick as it becomes a full grown chicken and is no longer a bright color.
Most chicks sold during the Easter season are males who turn into roosters and crow early in the morning. 75 percent of these cute chicks die due to the coloring, mishandling, or improper care. Many are abandoned and left to wander the streets or "set free" in the woods.
When pets are kept in captivity they do not know how to take care of themselves in the wild and most will be killed very quickly by dominant predators in the area within hours or days of the drop-off.
Coloring baby chicks is cruel. Stop the cruelty. Don't buy colored chicks.
Before you give a gift of a chicken or other live pet-do this:
If you want to give baby chicks to someone as a gift, you should ask the person you plan to give the chick or other live pet to, in advance. Make sure the person is old enough or not too old, to take care of a pet, can afford to take care of one, and provide a book to help them learn how to take care of their pet.
Make sure children are aware of the dangers of mishandling such as broken bones caused by squeezing, hugging or stepping on their pet which many times leads to a cruel, unnatural death.
How Can We Stop This Animal Cruelty of Coloring Baby Chicks?
If you watch this video and care anything for the lives of baby chicks you will not buy baby chicks that have been colored. The businesses that color the chicks handle them roughly and obviously do not care about anything but making money from gullible people who will buy them just because they are colored..this occurs particularly around the Easter holiday. If people stop buying colored chicks the businesses won't make money off them so they will find something else to make money.
When you buy colored baby chicks you are promoting animal cruelty. If nobody buys colored chicks there will be no demand for them, so those who are coloring them will stop because they cannot make money from the sale of colored chicks.
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Romans 14:17 KJV
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