These are our neighbors' new chicks, freshly dyed purple (in Krio, mauve) because, and I quote [and translate], "The hawks won't eat them if they're purple. They are afraid of the color."
P.S. One of my newer favorite pieces of trivia is that "mauve" comes from the first artificial dye, mauvine. It was pretty bold but lost color quickly, which is why we know mauve as light purple. I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING HAVING PURPLE CHICKENSSSS
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ReplyDeleteP.S. One of my newer favorite pieces of trivia is that "mauve" comes from the first artificial dye, mauvine. It was pretty bold but lost color quickly, which is why we know mauve as light purple. I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING HAVING PURPLE CHICKENSSSS
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