I'm sure it was intended in part to stop impulse buying, but the law is outdated and not enforced. As in days of old, small backyard flocks are back. To force people to buy 12 or more at a time flies in the face of responciple stewardship.
Even at the Hooksett Agway last week, which profits from the law I heard complaining about it. The employee was telling a 70 year-old customer, 'sorry sir but the state is cracking down'.
Now some old small farmer has to own more than he needs. Towns nation wide that have chicken ordinances try to limit ownership to 4-6 birds and no Roos. Buying 12 at a time forces people to make a 'criminal' secondary sale.
It also doesn't allow for people who have 12 or more birds already and just want 1 or 2 more. It is a poorly written law protected by those selling thousands of dollars in chicks each spring. Let's over turn it.
