New York State Six Chicken Law?

[HudsonValleyGirl]

I am from NY and it is an Agrucultural law.

You can go to Mypetchicken.com and they sell chicks in lots as small as 3. Good luck.

 

[ange]

what does that mean it is a griculture law for nys

 

[raacampbell]

Yes, I've looked under agriculture in the laws of NY and found the section on baby chicks and it doesn't mention it (see previous post with link). Is there another law about baby chicks that does?

 

[ange]

what does the nys chicken law say about having chickens, chicks, in your back yard., is it allowablwe.

 

[raacampbell]

I don't think there is any state-wide law but there are local town laws. Look at your town code.

I'm on Long Island and my town allows up to 8 hens, no roosters (this is typical), and the coop/run needs to be situated in a way that doesn't cause a nuisance (i.e. so that nobody else can see it and it's 25 ft away from all property boundaries). In practice you can do what you like so long as it doesn't annoy the neighbors.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

i did some reasearch on this last year, and apparently it only applies if you are bringing the chicks somewhere to sell. If somebody comes to your place to purchase only 2 or 3 day old chicks, its fine. Though I have gone to tailgate sale and nobody was selling in lots of 6 or more for the days olds.

 

[raacampbell]

@SundownWaterfowl

Where did you find a copy of the text for this law?

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Quote:
I have no clue. I remember last spring looking it up and found the actual law written out.


Found it.

§ 354. Sale of baby chicks and baby rabbits. 1. No person shall sell,
offer for sale, barter or give away living baby chicks, ducklings or
other fowl or baby rabbits unless such person provides proper brooder
facilities where appropriate for the care of such baby chicks, ducklings
or other fowl or baby rabbits during the time they are in the possession
of such person. For the purposes of this section, a baby rabbit shall be
a rabbit of less than two months of age.
2. No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter or display living baby
chicks, ducklings or other fowl or baby rabbits which have been dyed,
colored or otherwise treated so as to impart to them an artificial
color.
2-a. No provision of subdivision two shall be interpreted or applied
to prevent or restrict teachers and qualified instructors of youth under
the guidance and supervision of the New York state cooperative extension
service from using eggs for non-profit educational purposes or from
observing fowl hatched from such eggs for non-profit educational
purposes.
3. No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter or give away living
baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or baby rabbits under two months of
age in any quantity less than six.
4. A violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor,
punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of
not more than five hundred dollars, or by both.

http://law.justia.com/newyork/codes/agriculture-markets/agm0354_354.html​

 

[awesomefowl]

Try my pet chicken. They are in CT, so it would be closer too.

 

[whstar]

under two months of age in any quantity less than six

You can buy or have as many as you want if they are over two months of age. I would guess the purpose of that is to keep someone for seeing a cute chick (ex. at Tractor Supply) or duckling and getting one not thinking of or knowing how to take care of it (like the poor goldfish at fairs). If they have to get six they will think more about it before they act.