Food coloring ducklings

I bought 2 baby ducklings which were green & orange. I was told that the eggs were injected with food coloring. Is that safe for the ducks??

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Answer #1

Well I guess you are right I found this information on line

EGG Cam Chicks 2003

About Colored Chicks: Coloring embryos by injecting dye into eggs before they hatch has been practiced for years. By dyeing the chicks, we can identify the young of certain hatches or groups. Some scientists use this method to observe movements of wild birds (especially birds like ducks) after they leave the nests.

By coloring chicks, we can study how the chick’s feathers grow. The colored down (the fuzzy blue and green colors you see now) are replaced by juvenile feathers in about two weeks. You can see how the feathers change by watching the color pattern change on the baby chicks.

Dyeing by injection of the egg doesn’t affect the chick’s health, appetite, or growth. If you are considering dyeing chicks for a school project, please check with the animal health regulations in your community. This practice may or may not be allowed or be regulated.

Here is that link

http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/Embryology/colorchickens.shtml

Answer #2

Ha cool did you hatch them or buy them live? If they are ok you know eating etc then id say they should be fine.

Answer #3

Are you sure the store didn’t dye the ducks by dipping them in food coloring? I can’t figure out how the eggs could be injected with food coloring and turn the ducks colors without killing the developing duckling in the eggs before it hatched?

I saw pink rabbits at Petland today and I am sure they bought those dyed, but not when they were little or in the mother?

Answer #4

Their living arent they?

Answer #5

I think that’s so awful. Poor little guys.

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