If any person, firm, or corporation shall sell, or offer for sale, barter, or give away as premiums, living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits under eight weeks of age as pets or novelties, the person, firm, or corporation shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, pursuant to G.S. § 14-363.1. However, this section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of non-domesticated species of chicks, ducklings, or other fowl, or of other fowl from proper brooder facilities by hatcheries or stores engaged in the business of selling them for purposes other than for pets or novelties.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008)