N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 354: Sale of baby chicks and baby rabbits

§ 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.