How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Egg coloring?

Friday, October 29, 2010

Re: [CHICKENS-101] Egg coloring?

Mike, feed the chickens food coloring and because it's water soluble, it would be excreted through their kidneys, just like yours was! So their poop would be blue, not their egg whites.

Maureen and the girls at the
Rowdy Girls Ranch
Tucson, AZ

In a message dated 10/29/2010 5:06:02 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cryptidwolf@gmail.com writes:

Well I got to thinking because of my Diabetes. Every now and then water
just passes straight through me. I couldn't believe I could drink water
and like in 10 minutes, I'd have to go, so I drank a bottle of blue food
color that you use for frosting. In about 30 minutes Mrs. Crypt came out
of the bathroom and asked, "Just what in the heck are you doing in
there"? Well since eggs are like 99% water, I got to thinking, "Wouldn't
it be cool to make blue egg whites and yolks and give a dozen to an
unsuspecting friend? Imagine there surprise when they wake up and crack
an egg!
Now I don't condone Chicken Testing but I have an RIR that is acting
like Eileen Warnos.

The only other thing I can think of for Halloween is going to the Hobby
shop, picking up a bunch of glow in the dark powder, rubbing a chicken
down and letting her go down the street. I know it's not scary but the
neighbors will suggest the kids skip my house and I can eat the candy I
bought.

O.K. gonna stop thinking for the night.