New York Laws
Article 15-A - Sales of Baby Chicks
175-M - Offering Baby Chicks for Sale.

ยง 175-m. Offering baby chicks for sale. Before any baby chicks are
offered for sale at public auction or community sale, except baby chicks
that have been duly entered and exhibited at public exhibitions, a
permit shall be granted to offer such baby chicks for sale by the
department of agriculture and markets as provided in this article. The
term "baby chicks," as used in this article, means any domestic fowl
under the age of six weeks.