Except for partridge and quail, any game bird propagated,
possessed, sold, offered for sale, or released from captivity must have one
front toe or one hind toe on either foot removed back to the first joint
including the nail before becoming six weeks of age. An anti-pecking device
affixed to the bird before it is six weeks old and worn by the bird until it is
at least 15 weeks old is acceptable in lieu of toe clipping if the anti-pecking
device leaves a permanent, easily identifiable mark through the nares. Any game
bird propagated under this chapter that has not been shot and that is
commercially packaged by a transparent sealed vacuum/shrink-type process may
have the marked appendage removed if a label is permanently affixed to the
package showing the name and address of the licensee.
Notes
S.D. Admin. R.
41:09:02:04
SL 1975, ch 16, ยง
1; 8 SDR 86, effective 1/18/1982; 10 SDR 12, effective
8/17/1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR
102, effective 7/1/1984; 13 SDR
128, effective 3/22/1987; 18 SDR
4, effective 7/18/1991; 30 SDR
99, effective 12/22/2003; 37
SDR 18, effective 8/16/2010; 40
SDR 121, effective 1/6/2014.
General Authority: SDCL
41-2-18(11).
Law Implemented: SDCL
41-2-18(11),
41-6-31.
