recovered from “Mishneh Torah, Slaughter 13:1-5”
Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Shechitah
משנה תורה, הלכות שחיטה י״ג:א׳-ה׳
Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Shechitah 13:1-5
One who takes a mother bird with its young and slaughters it incurs lashes for violating the prohibition against taking mother with young, though the meat is permitted; he also incurs lashes if the mother dies before he sends it away, but is exempt if he sends it away after taking it.
הַלוֹקֵחַ אֵם עַל הַבָּנִים וּשִׁחָטָהּ. הַבָּשָׂר מֻתָּר בַּאֲכִילָה וְלוֹקֶה עַל שְׁחִיטַת הָאֵם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים כב ו) "לֹא תִקַּח הָאֵם עַל הַבָּנִים". וְכֵן אִם מֵתָה קֹדֶם שֶׁיְּשַׁלְּחֶנָּה לוֹקֶה. וְאִם שִׁלְּחָהּ אַחַר שֶׁלְּקָחָהּ פָּטוּר:
When a person takes a mother together with its young and slaughters it, the meat is permitted to be eaten. He is, however, liable for lashes for slaughtering the mother, as [Deuteronomy 22:6] states: "Do not take the mother together with its offspring." Similarly, if it died before he sent it away, he is liable for lashes. If he sent it away after he took it, he is not liable.