[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR780.125]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 780_EXEMPTIONS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURE, PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL 
 
                 Subpart B_General Scope of Agriculture
 
Sec. 780.125  Raising of poultry in general.

    (a) The term ``poultry'' includes domesticated fowl and game birds. 
Ducks and pigeons are included. Canaries and parakeets are not included.
    (b) The ``raising'' of poultry includes the breeding, hatching, 
propagating, feeding, and general care of poultry. Slaughtering, which 
is the antithesis of ``raising,'' is not included. To constitute 
``agriculture,'' slaughtering must come within the secondary meaning of 
the term ``agriculture.'' The temporary feeding and care of chickens and 
other poultry for a few days pending sale, shipment or slaughter is not 
the ``raising'' of poultry. However, feeding, fattening and caring for 
poultry over a substantial period may constitute the ``raising'' of 
poultry.

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