Those funny laws... Gotta wonder what lead to their creation!

[and-roo]

in georgia, donkeys may not be kept in a bathtub.
reason: someone in the top floor of a hotel was bathing his seeing eye donkey and the bath tub broke and fell through all 437 floors.

 

[oceanjean]

In the mountains in CA you can't keep chickens.

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[cassie]

In the mountains in CA you can't keep chickens.

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What mountains? Where? I lived in California most of my life and I never heard that one. Lived in the mountains part of that time too. And some of that time I had chickens.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

What is up with the not selling dyed chicks or duckling laws? Michigan has one to.

A lot of states have those laws to stop dyed chicks being sold as novelties for kids to play with.

 

[ClucksAndPeeps]

What is up with the not selling dyed chicks or duckling laws? Michigan has one to.

A lot of states have those laws to stop dyed chicks being sold as novelties for kids to play with.

Is the dye harmful? I can see why chicks being treated like toys is wrong... but what's the harm in dyeing them, if the dye is... uh, searching for the right word... eh, okay for fluff contact?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

in kansas, it is illegal to catch fish with your bare hands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodling

warning graphic.

Illegal in some places cause it is done when the fish is on span an people have drowned doing it.

 

[NinjaRooster]

Is the dye harmful? I can see why chicks being treated like toys is wrong... but what's the harm in dyeing them, if the dye is... uh, searching for the right word... eh, okay for fluff contact?

Non toxic? Water based? Washable?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Is the dye harmful? I can see why chicks being treated like toys is wrong... but what's the harm in dyeing them, if the dye is... uh, searching for the right word... eh, okay for fluff contact?

They are dyed in the shell before hatching with food coloring so that freaks some people out but it is harmless if done right. Several threads on it in the hatching section. It is banned to keep it from being used as a sales gimmick but some states just ban dyeing all together to be simple.

 

[foreverlearning]

Is the dye harmful? I can see why chicks being treated like toys is wrong... but what's the harm in dyeing them, if the dye is... uh, searching for the right word... eh, okay for fluff contact?

Some areas it was harmful so they moved to food colored dye only allowed. The main reason for the law was because of animal cruelty. Between the kids playing with them, fake grass in baskets killing them (can't digest it), and the dye not being there when they grew feathers (not as cute) being let loose or not cared for it was the only way they could control it.

 

[NinjaRooster]

In Arkansas:

Fayetteville: It is illegal to kill "any living creature." (Yep, I'm guilty... I knew I shouldn't have gone fishing there...)

Little Rock (A.K.A. 'Pebble'): It is unlawful to walk one’s cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday. (Now if only I had a cow....)