---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 780.127"
title: "29"
number: "780.127"
heading: "Hatchery operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/780.127"
---

# §780.127. Hatchery operations.


Hatchery operations incident to the breeding of poultry, whether performed in a rural or urban location, are the “raising of poultry” (Miller Hatcheries v. Boyer, 131 F. 2d 283). The application of [section 3(f)](/cfr/29/3.md?p=f) to employees of hatcheries is further discussed in [§§ 780.210 through 780.214](/cfr/29/780.210..780.214.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 75 Stat. 65; 29 U.S.C. 201-219. Pub. L. 105-78, 111 Stat. 1467.

### Source

Source: 37 FR 12084, June 17, 1972, unless otherwise noted.