“It is illegal for any person to sell or offer for sale, barter, lease, rent or give away baby chicks or ducklings or rabbits less than 8 weeks old as pets or novelties,” the city’s animal ...

Tractor Supply partners with hatcheries for poultry. It sells live chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds online year-round, and in stores during Chick Days in the spring and fall.

Year after year hundreds of human illnesses and agonizing deaths for baby chicks, ducks and rabbits are caused by this gift giving tradition. However, this has done nothing to curb the practice.

But one thing hasn’t changed - it’s still illegal to dye or stain baby chicks, ducklings or rabbits or sell them if they’re younger than 8 weeks old.

Year after year hundreds of human illnesses and agonizing deaths for baby chicks, ducks and rabbits are caused by this gift-giving tradition. However, this has done nothing to curb the practice.

Easter is a time when many Connecticut residents buy baby chicks, ducks and rabbits as holiday gifts but animal advocates are warning locals that the creatures are more than a present -- they’re ...

Rabbits are consistently rescued in places like LaFreniere Park in Metairie. And as for those cute little baby chicks, they grow into full chickens within 18 weeks making them prone to abandonment.

Dyed baby bunnies and chicks may be cute, but they're also illegal By Vincent T. Davis, Staff writer Updated March 30, 2023 5:30 p.m.