No person, firm, or corporation shall operate a public hatchery, and no person, dealer, jobber, peddler, or huckster in baby chicks, started chicks, turkey poults, other newly hatched domestic poultry, and hatching eggs shall operate as a public hatchery within this state without obtaining an annual permit from the Office of State Veterinarian to so operate, and paying a permit fee of ten dollars ($10) per annum. This is not intended to require a permit of hatcheries, chick dealers, chick salesmen, or corporations selling less than one thousand (1,000) chicks per year, or egg dealers selling less than thirty-five hundred (3,500) eggs per year.
Effective: June 29, 2023
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 257.420

  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Poultry: means chickens, ducks, turkeys, or other domestic fowl being raised or kept on any premises in the Commonwealth. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 9, effective June 29, 2023. — Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 14, effective July 15, 2002. — Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch.
165, sec. 6.

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