Possible Clues:

• Rhode Island bird not available in Red
• Natural coloring
• Dye-yielding shrub
• Red rinse
• The fowl starts to die, by the sound of it
• It's to dye for
• She might come up with H to make her die, by the sound of it
• Hard-faced woman returned with colouring agent
• Something to dye for
• Colouring like Will S's wife when upset?