Chicken picking at feet

[gavclojak]

Has anyone else seen this tweet.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ComedyPics/status/302639569847848960/photo/1?screen_name=ComedyPics&

 

Is it wrong that I want one?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Awww .

 

Just popped the link in here *click*

 

I hope it's Photoshopped .

[Jenthelibrarian]

I believe that the dyed chicks are an easter novelty in [parts of] the USA, where they are sold as a 'fun' gift

 

A friend of mine has often visited Sierra Leone in conjunction with our charity that sends books out for schools there. She was very surprised to see purple chicks running about a health clinic project she visited, and asked if they were a local breed.

The staff had sprayed them all with gentian violet antiseptic in the hopes of putting off the local owls and hawks which keep snatching them away

[Sandychick]

This is quite a common sight on markets in India. The way they are treated and transported is really shocking. All perfectly acceptable in India though.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Although they do look very cute, I was hoping it hadn't been caused by human intervention .

[gavclojak]

I actually thought it was photoshop:( feel bad posting it now

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Don't feel bad, it's not your fault .