It's getting less kosher to wave a chicken over your head to take away your sins.
A Brooklyn man said the ASPCA all but forced him to stop the controversial tradition at his feather-strewn business yesterday.
"[The ASPCA workers] were ready to call the Health Department," said the man, who runs the seasonal "Satmar Kapparos Center" out of a parking lot at 12th Avenue and 48th Street in Borough Park.
"They asked me what I was feeding [the birds]. I said challah and water," said the man, who refused to reveal his name. "They said, 'No, you have to feed them grain.' "
According to Jewish tradition, people wave a bird over their head to "transfer" their sins to it. It's then killed.
An ASPCA rep said the agency "visited the center . . . to investigate a cruelty complaint and found no violation of . . . laws. The man decided to remove the chickens on his own."
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