Dyeing Easter chicks, Cute Tradition or Animal Abuse?!
So this is a topic that I just found this morning. Apparently it is a modern Tradition to dye Chicks in various colors for Easter, to be gifted to children or just for pure "decoration".
I did not even know something like this existed, I've never seen them on Easter markets here in Germany nor read about it else where. I am honestly shocked. First I thought "this is wrong!" then went on Google-ing how exactly it is done. As in how they change the color of the feathers, maybe it's not so wrong. *trying to give humanity the benefit of the doubt here* I found 2 methods...One method is dyeing the chick while it remains inside the egg. While the second method is performed after the chick hatches. On further research I also found some interviews with "poultry dyers" that say they simply start spraying dye on the chicks while they are running around. After reading how the chicks are colored, my mind is made up! Not only do I think this is WRONG, I also do believe that it is animal cruelty. Not because they are being harmed, but simply why it is being done. This is a good quote from another article on this topic that seriously explains in 2 sentences why I think this is so wrong.
"It may not hurt them; the food coloring used may contain only natural and non-toxic ingredients. But there's something about the invasion of the womb, for a cosmetic procedure with no benefit to the chick, that's a bit disturbing."
^this is exactly why I find this so wrong. Especially when it comes to the 1st Method mentioned. The 2nd method, the way it is being described in the link I gave you guys, sure seems nice, doesn't seem like anything bad. But honestly #1 WHY? seriously WHY?! can't you just dye some eggs with your kids?! Or do something actually related to Easter with your kids?! #2 Do you really think large companies that are doing this for a profit are going to sit down and gently hand paint every chicks little head with a brush?? *newsflash* NO THEY ARE NOT. I can bet my left Ass cheek on that they will be put in cages by the 50's if not more, being dunked under water based dyes, freaking out, not able to breathe and half way drowning. AND I'm pretty sure that some of them DO INDEED drown and the industry doing it could CARE LESS because "hey look...we have millions more we can do this f**ked up s**t with"...SO HURRAAAAYYYY to the decline of humanity and HURRRRAAAYYYY to the loss of our moral. OVER money. What else. Another point the yahoo article brought up was what happens to the chicks AFTER Easter. And this is a good point. All the kids want pink and blue chicks...And then when the dye wears off and it starts growing up, whoops there's a chicken. Do these people think about this?! NO...And what happens, no one takes care of it, or they get rid of it, or worse abandon it...And for WHAT?! For a couple days of joy about having a pink chick in the house. I'm sure these people don't know jack s**t about keeping chickens nor taking care of them properly. This is all a ton of CRAP!
Clearly I think this is wrong...And I would not buy any of these colorful chickies simply because I would never want to support such madness. If anything I'd buy them before this were done to them to attempt to save their lives. But what does everybody else think about this? Any like minded folks? Different opinions?
I did not even know something like this existed, I've never seen them on Easter markets here in Germany nor read about it else where. I am honestly shocked. First I thought "this is wrong!" then went on Google-ing how exactly it is done. As in how they change the color of the feathers, maybe it's not so wrong. *trying to give humanity the benefit of the doubt here* I found 2 methods...One method is dyeing the chick while it remains inside the egg. While the second method is performed after the chick hatches. On further research I also found some interviews with "poultry dyers" that say they simply start spraying dye on the chicks while they are running around. After reading how the chicks are colored, my mind is made up! Not only do I think this is WRONG, I also do believe that it is animal cruelty. Not because they are being harmed, but simply why it is being done. This is a good quote from another article on this topic that seriously explains in 2 sentences why I think this is so wrong.
"It may not hurt them; the food coloring used may contain only natural and non-toxic ingredients. But there's something about the invasion of the womb, for a cosmetic procedure with no benefit to the chick, that's a bit disturbing."
^this is exactly why I find this so wrong. Especially when it comes to the 1st Method mentioned. The 2nd method, the way it is being described in the link I gave you guys, sure seems nice, doesn't seem like anything bad. But honestly #1 WHY? seriously WHY?! can't you just dye some eggs with your kids?! Or do something actually related to Easter with your kids?! #2 Do you really think large companies that are doing this for a profit are going to sit down and gently hand paint every chicks little head with a brush?? *newsflash* NO THEY ARE NOT. I can bet my left Ass cheek on that they will be put in cages by the 50's if not more, being dunked under water based dyes, freaking out, not able to breathe and half way drowning. AND I'm pretty sure that some of them DO INDEED drown and the industry doing it could CARE LESS because "hey look...we have millions more we can do this f**ked up s**t with"...SO HURRAAAAYYYY to the decline of humanity and HURRRRAAAYYYY to the loss of our moral. OVER money. What else. Another point the yahoo article brought up was what happens to the chicks AFTER Easter. And this is a good point. All the kids want pink and blue chicks...And then when the dye wears off and it starts growing up, whoops there's a chicken. Do these people think about this?! NO...And what happens, no one takes care of it, or they get rid of it, or worse abandon it...And for WHAT?! For a couple days of joy about having a pink chick in the house. I'm sure these people don't know jack s**t about keeping chickens nor taking care of them properly. This is all a ton of CRAP!
Clearly I think this is wrong...And I would not buy any of these colorful chickies simply because I would never want to support such madness. If anything I'd buy them before this were done to them to attempt to save their lives. But what does everybody else think about this? Any like minded folks? Different opinions?
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