Why are baby chicks yellow?

As others have stated, baby chicks can be all different colors. It's genetic -just like how your hair is genetically brown or blond or whatever. In fact, chicks in the same brood can even be different colors. These are some of the 16 chicks one of my hens hatched last year. read more

Like Marti said, not all baby chickens are yellow. Their color is dependent largely on breed, with individual variation. Baby chickens can (and often do) change color as they get older. Baby chicks are born with only down feathers, and will grow their wing feathers in the weeks after they hatch. Most birds are born this way, without flight feathers. read more

You'd think being bright yellow would make them easy to see, especially when falcons and eagles, birds that prey on birds, hunt by sight. read more

When baby chicks are first born their hairs are yellow, brown, white or black. By six weeks the baby chick has most of its feathers, made up of different colors depending on what type of bird it is. For example, Rhode Island red chicks are reddish with yellow markings while leghorns are yellow. read more