Try not to Kiss That Chick! State Frowns On Easter Chick Gifting

The Maryland Agriculture Administration says the acute accident of bird flu makes it a bad abstraction to
buy babyish chickens and ducks as Eastertime ability for children.

The bureau said in a account Tuesday that administration reside banty can could cause austere affliction from bacilli that aswell cover salmonella.

The administration says humans who accept to acquirement reside banty should get the birds alone from hatcheries certified by the U.S. Agriculture Departments’ National Banty Improvement Plan.

The bureau says the birds should not be handled by accouchement beneath 5, aged humans or those with anemic allowed systems.

The administration aswell says the birds should not be brought indoors, and humans should not bundle or kiss the birds or eat or alcohol about them.