Easter is right around the corner and so is the threat of salmonella carried by baby chicks often given to children as springtime gifts, health officials warned Thursday. The Centers for Disease ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — As they do each year when Easter approaches, shelter officials and animal rescue groups are urging people not to buy rabbits or baby chicks as holiday gifts for children. Buying or ...

With Easter comes the temptation to bring fuzzy chicks or ducklings into your menagerie. But two state agencies warn that there is a risk of Salmonella infection from handling the animals. Although ...

JAMESTOWN, N.D. - Many families will dye Easter eggs this weekend, but a North Dakota college professor takes the tradition to the extreme. Michael Kjelland dyes bright-colored Easter chicks by ...

Video: Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department collects donations for puppies and kittens. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Easter is this Sunday. If you’re thinking of getting your child a baby bunny or ...

They’re so cute. They’re so fluffy. And they just might make you sick. They’re baby chicks: those enchanting balls of fuzz that, with the arrival of spring, will soon begin populating the garages and ...

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is warning people about the salmonella spring chicks may carry, because the cute balls of fluff are a traditional Easter gift. The germs ...

Cute as they are, they are not made of marshmallow. If only they were, nobody would have a problem with newborn chicks that are dyed in brilliant colors — neon, Fruity Pebbles, pastel, Crayola box — ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — While baby chicks and rabbits are adorable symbols of Easter, that doesn't mean they make perfect Easter gifts. Certain pet birds may need to comply with local city ordinances, ...

The nation’s S. P. C. A.’s, Manhattan’s especially, last week prepared to invoke state criminal codes to prohibit the sale of baby chicks as Easter toys, since few grown-ups know how to feed or bed ...