Another well-meaning law that hurts backyard chicken owners.
Because some stupid people go and buy their kid a single chick for Easter, NYS decided to prevent that by having a 6 chick minimum for selling. Sounds rational at first. But if you are only allowed 4 birds in your town, now you have...
I am usually in favor of less government regulation instead of more. Once the government has control over something it is much harder to get it back. I have heard stories of government in other countries wanting to tax backyard gardens since the growers “are not contributing to the economy.”...