I washed my chickens for the New York Sate Fair......
but something weird happened.......
could it be 'cause they recently sprayed for EEE?
We do have well water...........
ROTFLMAO..........
Something went wrong......
Is THIS what happens to those little chicks we used to get for Easter?
They are beautiful!!! What is EEE, ya think that will do it every time??
Yup
thats the easter egg chicks ......
EEE
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
they found 12 active mosquito pools in the swamp across the street
So they areial sprayed for skeeters
but Sherry, I was kidding about the reaction to it,you soooooo didn't believe it
It was a tye dye kit
add water and spray the feathers being very careful not to get it in their skin or eyes
Tie-dyed chickens. crestedchik, you were a hippie once, weren't you? Still?
Hate to break it to ya, but your chickens are showing signs of drug use.
They aren't the "little angels" you think they are.
This message was edited Aug 24, 2006 9:58 AM
They been slippin' into that mushroom patch you've got going...
CC, how did you manage to get such conformity with the color, it is perfecto?? Do you think I could do that to my Sultans?? They are well adjusted to water and they are very tame. What I'd like to do, is try what you did and surprise my grands, they would absolutely LOVE it!! They've always dressed up our animals, chickens included and they use makeup too, chalk works good and is safe for the grands and animals...any help and hints you might provide will be sincerely appreciated!!! Off the top, I'm thinking spray bottles with food color, am I totally off base??
Question: CC, did you start from the rear and go to the head, or vice versa???? I only have three Sultans (two silkies, are they eligible?), so I need to know where I'm going before I start...
I LOVE IT(THEM)! I wish I could do that but our chickens are already in color. Only white chickens could have that done to them. But Jack would really freak if he walked out to see them. LOL
Oh MY LORD
I'm laughing so hard I can't breath
You guys are toooo funny
My son say's they are REALLY hippie chicks.......
Its the first time I did it
I tried to use rit dye....green turned out blue...faded...yucky
Luckily I had bought the tye dye kit cause it had little spray bottles,along with a few other things...fabric markers....etc.....
I washed them,towel dried them and held the crest in my hand with my finger across their eyes and nose
Sprayed the bodies.....the fact that they were still wet helped 'cause the one color went into the other therefore changing the colors where they overlapped ...blue and yellow make green....etc.....
then I sprayed the crests but tried to hold my hand under the crest to keep the colors from bleeding too much
It worked good cause the dye never touched their skin......when they molt they will be white again
I just let all my artistic fustrations come out.....ROTFLMAO
and when I got done and they were outside drying I could not stop laughing.....until I thought of PETA
Everytime I hear someone come in the driveway I think its them commin to git me
course how can they complain...they paint fur.........
a picture of them ended up in the Syracuse paper
I copied it from their website
cc, you are talented, they are just beautiful, I think you are really creative and talented!! My Mop Head and my two other Sultans are not as mature as this one, but I am going to try it. How did you ever get it off of you - gloves, I guess, I just cannot work in gloves...
surgery glove's , you know...those latex ones
i think I'm gunna post a picture of them on the photo forum.......
those guys will get me laughing again........
Hey Crested, just showed these photos to my husband. He couldn't stop laughing either. This is hilarious. He kept saying to me over and over, "No, don't even think about it".
cc, your thread should have been titled 'something went right'!!!
So, you took them to the State Fair like that? What a brilliant idea! I bet they caused quite a stir with everyone who saw them. Good for you. They look positively ready for an elegant Easter Parade! You did a great job on them. BAM
PETA (which serves its purpose -- I'm NOT knocking them) (entirely) needs to get a sense of humor.
Hold on-------that's not photoshop?!?
You actually dyed your chickens!?!!
What a riot! ROTFL!!
Whats next for these birds?....A Grateful Dead concert and lefthanded cigaretts?
OK
what are left handed ciggs?
nevermind...blonde moment
yes,they are dyed...and what a riot at the fair
There are crowds of people ........I just gotta laugh
crestedchik: I assume your chickens' usual look is head-to-toe white. (unless you bleached them first, LOL, just kidding of course).
Do you have a "before" photo?
on the photo forum there is
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/643506/
there is a picture of them wet too....
Here is our Mop Head, my grands dyed him pink and he appears to love it and we think he is wonderful!!! Thanks, cc, we don't know how we ever managed without color, lol!!
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a stomach ache from laughing
I've started a fad ....designer chickens
This is lotz of fun!! Mop is such a sissy - he loves being pink!!!!
CC: They really are showstoppers! Were you worried the dye might be toxic to them? Even if it doesn't touch the skin, seems when they preen/pick, it would get into their system. Thoughts? Geeze, they look very "ballroom dancing!"
My husband tells of a notorious grocer in Tennessee who would "amaze" children by putting a chick in a large bottle and letting it grow into an adult chicken back in the 60's. Eventually, they'd have to break the bottle to get the chicken out.
They use to dye chicks when I was young, my dad would always buy us chicks for Easter, but I have no Idea what happend to them after that. Seems like we only would have them for about a week or so. I showed DH your pictures of your dyed chicks, we had a good laugh. I wonder what my silkies would think about being dyed, LOL.
Silkies are difficult to dye, the grand girls tried it, their feathers are too 'silkie'. One of the reasons they quit dying chickens for easter is because of the health restrictions with keeping live animals and another reason is because people in the city limits, are generally not allowed to have chickens. Our town does not have such an ordinance, but I would not keep them if my neighbors objected - as it turns out, my neighbors love them and bring them treats, they are very spoiled chickens...the dye is no different than the dye used for 'red' canaries, food coloring, but the canary gets the dye in water and the girls squirted the dye on the chickens. Hey, they dyed their own hair with it too, my blond grand had purple hair for a whole weekend...they have been putting makeup and hair dye on the Goldens since they were wee little ones, the girls, that is...
Regarding those "Easter" chicks dyed when you were kids, I'm told the practice was stopped because it was toxic to the animals. The reason they weren't around long, is that the process used, ultimately killed the chicks.
Crested,
I saw your "hippie chicks" at the fair last Monday night. Everyone was asking how you did that...I had read your posts and was filling everyone in LOL.
So very very priceless. Thank you for the delight !
Hugs and clucks,
sheri
I am dying laughing here. I just had a minute at the library, and needed to look up the htread here about how to wash them for the fair. Don't think my red and brown chicks could look this good,even with tye die!!!
;-)
so, how did you do at the fair? please, let us know.
still laughing and enjoying your creative birds!
tf
I did real well
Champion Contienal with a large fowl WCB Polish hen
Champion AOSB with a Black Sumatra Cock
Champion AOCCL with a Bantam White Polish Hen
Reserve Champion AOCCL with a Bantam Black Sumatra hen
The champion Bantam white polish took 3rd best bantam so I was happy
The dyed polish were a real hit...but of course they can't be judged
I have a show in Rochester NY this weekend.......
GREAT JOB!
hope you did well this weekend too!!!
tf
Hope you bring home a BIS!!!!!! Good luck from Arky...
Poor chickens!!! But to cute LOLOLOLOLO!!! Do the chickens hatch that color eggs and chichens???
Tracey
Heavens, no, my grands dyed ours and CC dyed hers, it does not hurt the chickens, in fact ours seemed to have enjoyed it...
those birds are almost entirely white again