Can you keep backyard chickens in Cuba?
Registration: conditions apply, for the keepers covered below. What we found on bird flu, welfare and the keeping rule follows, including what we couldn't establish.
Read from 5 official sources57 passages quotedChecked November 2, 2026
At a glance
Registering your flock
National keeping rule
Bird-flu housing orders
Welfare rules
A sourced reading of national law in Cuba, not legal advice. Local ordinances and zoning, HOA rules, and any local rooster or coop limits aren't covered here yet: check your local code before you get hens.
Keeping your flock
These findings cover the national scope stated below. They do not determine whether chickens are allowed at a particular home. City zoning, property restrictions and other local rules are outside this research.
Registering as a poultry keeper
Conditions apply to this finding
Jurisdiction: Cuba
Applies to: Keepers raising animals for productive, reproductive and commercial purposes (Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.2); livestock production units (Resolución 165/2026, art. 57(a)); and animal keepers not required to hold the veterinary sanitary license, who are subject to municipal registration control (art. 67; the wording leaves unclear whether this applies only where they pose a risk to animal health). 'Animals' include any bird.
Outside this finding's scope
- Backyard raising of small species for own consumption is excluded from the veterinary sanitary license for livestock production units (Resolución 165/2026, art. 57(a)); such keepers may still be subject to municipal registration control (art. 67). Whether a backyard flock whose eggs are sold counts as a production unit was not established.
- No flock-size threshold was found.
What the checked sources say
- Where animals are raised for productive, reproductive and commercial purposes, the keeper must declare the raising areas to the animal health authority and obtain the veterinary sanitary and environmental license as the legislation in force provides (Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.2(a)-(b)).
- Livestock production units must hold a veterinary sanitary license, except backyard raising of small species for own consumption (Resolución 165/2026, art. 57(a)).
- Animal keepers and facilities of veterinary interest that are not required to hold the license are subject to registration control by the municipal animal health authority where they pose a risk to animal health; the wording does not make clear whether that risk condition applies to keepers or only to facilities. The Municipal Department of Animal Health sets up registers of animal keepers and their location (Resolución 165/2026, arts. 67, 93).
- Owners, holders and possessors of animals must register them where applicable (Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 8).
- Under the 2026 farm and forest land law, productive animals, work animals and animals for commercial purposes are farm assets, which are entered in the corresponding registers as the agrarian legislation provides (Ley 185/2026, arts. 1.3(d), 18); whether this reaches a household flock, and which register would apply, was not established.
- Ask the Municipal Department of Animal Health what applies to your flock.
Exemptions and their limits
- Backyard raising of small species for own consumption: no veterinary sanitary license for livestock production units (Resolución 165/2026, art. 57(a)).
Authority: Municipal Department of Animal Health (Centro Nacional de Sanidad Animal)
Fee: Not established from the sources checked.
The official wording
Artículo 2.1. A los efectos del presente Decreto-Ley y su Reglamento, se consideran y protegen como animales a cualquier mamífero, ave, abejas, reptiles, peces, moluscos, crustáceos y anfibios.
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 2.1 · Checked
2. Cuando la crianza sea con fines productivos, reproductivos y comerciales están además obligados a:
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.2 (lead-in) · Checked
a) Declarar el uso de sus áreas de crianza de animales a la autoridad competente de sanidad animal, para el control sanitario veterinario de estas;
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.2(a) · Checked
b) obtener la licencia sanitaria veterinaria y ambiental que otorga la autoridad competente de sanidad animal y de los ministerios de Salud Pública y de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, así como del Instituto de Planificación Física, conforme a lo previsto en la legislación vigente;
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.2(b) · Checked
Artículo 8. Los propietarios, tenedores y poseedores de animales, están obligados a su inscripción, en los casos en que corresponda, sin perjuicio del cumplimiento de lo establecido en la legislación ambiental vigente.
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 8 · Checked
SEGUNDA: El presente Decreto-Ley entra en vigor a partir de los noventa días posteriores a la fecha de su publicación en la Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba.
RESOLUCIÓN 165/2026
Resolución 165/2026, heading · Checked
Artículo 2. El presente Reglamento es de aplicación a las personas naturales y jurídicas, nacionales y extranjeras que realicen, participen o se vinculen con cualquier actividad inherente a la sanidad animal, y es de obligatorio cumplimiento en todo el territorio nacional.
Resolución 165/2026, art. 2 · Checked
Artículo 57. Están obligados a tener licencia sanitaria veterinaria los objetivos de interés sanitario veterinario que se relacionan a continuación:
Resolución 165/2026, art. 57 (lead-in) · Checked
a) Unidades o centros de producción pecuaria, incluida la apícola y acuática, excepto la crianza de traspatio de especies menores para autoconsumo;
Resolución 165/2026, art. 57(a) · Checked
Artículo 67. Los poseedores de animales y los objetivos de interés sanitario veterinario que constituyen riesgo para la salud animal, que no están obligados a solicitar licencia sanitaria veterinaria, son sujetos de control registral por la autoridad competente de sanidad animal a nivel municipal.
Resolución 165/2026, art. 67 · Checked
Artículo 93. El Departamento Municipal de Sanidad Animal establece los registros de tenedores de animales y su ubicación por cuadrantes geográficos,
TERCERA: El presente Reglamento entra en vigor a los siete (7) días posteriores a su publicación en la Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba.
EDICIÓN ORDINARIA LA HABANA, MIÉRCOLES 9 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026
GOC No. 75 Ordinaria 2026, masthead · Checked
Ley 185 /2026 “Ley de Tierra Agropecuaria y Forestal”
GOC No. 75 Ordinaria 2026, contents · Checked
3. Se entiende por bienes agropecuarios:
Ley 185/2026, art. 1.3 (lead-in) · Checked
d) los animales productivos, de trabajo y los destinados a fines comerciales;
Ley 185/2026, art. 1.3(d) · Checked
Artículo 18. Los bienes agropecuarios se inscriben en los registros correspondientes, conforme a lo establecido en la legislación agraria vigente.
Ley 185/2026, art. 18 · Checked
OCTAVA: La presente Ley entra en vigor a los siete (7) días hábiles posteriores a su publicación en la Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba.
Ley 185/2026, Disposición Final Octava · Checked
Bird-flu housing orders
Current status needs rechecking
An official current-status link has not been established.
Orders can change between checks. A missed check or an expired order does not establish that no order applies.
Housing-order finding as checked on 2026-11-08
The scope and conditions below are a dated record, not confirmation of today's position.
No rule identified in this research
This does not establish that no authority can order poultry to be housed or confined.
Uses housing orders in this scope: Not established from the sources checked.
Jurisdiction: Cuba
Applies to: Animal disease control under the veterinary-medicine decree-law of 2026 and its regulation.
Outside this finding's scope
- No order or rule requiring backyard flocks to be housed was identified in the texts read. This page does not say whether any measure applies now.
What the checked sources say
- The National Animal Health Center declares veterinary quarantine and issues the corresponding measures when a transmissible disease endangers an area; it proposes to the Minister of Agriculture that a declaration of veterinary alert or emergency, in all or part of the country, be submitted to the Civil Defense national staff (Decreto-Ley 127/2026, arts. 4.3(c), 4.4).
- On a presumptive diagnosis of a first-order disease, the head of the Municipal Department of Animal Health declares the animals immobilized and sets quarantine measures until the suspicion is confirmed or ruled out (Resolución 165/2026, art. 100.1).
- Owners or keepers who suspect disease must inform the Municipal Department of Animal Health at once (Resolución 165/2026, art. 95.2); breeders must report changes in behavior or signs of disease to the municipal animal health authority (Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.1(b)).
- Moving animals requires a veterinary movement certificate, except animals taken to a slaughterhouse, which travel under the veterinary slaughter certificate (Resolución 165/2026, art. 196.2).
- For current measures, check with the Municipal Department of Animal Health.
- Checked
- Recheck due
Historical evidence, as checked
These quotations record what was checked on the dates shown. They do not confirm an order's current status.
Decreto-Ley 127 /2026 “De la Medicina Veterinaria”
GOC No. 75 Ordinaria 2026, contents · Checked
EDICIÓN ORDINARIA LA HABANA, MIÉRCOLES 9 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026
GOC No. 75 Ordinaria 2026, masthead · Checked
Artículo 4.1. El Centro Nacional de Sanidad Animal, en lo adelante el Centro, es rector del sistema de sanidad animal y reconocido como autoridad competente en la materia para toda la cadena de animales,
a) Departamento provincial de Sanidad Animal; y b) Departamento municipal de Sanidad Animal.
Decreto-Ley 127/2026, art. 4.2(a)-(b) · Checked
declarar los estados de cuarentena sanitario-veterinaria, y dictar las medidas correspondientes cuando surjan algunas de las enfermedades transmisibles que pongan en peligro el estado epidemiológico de una zona determinada.
Decreto-Ley 127/2026, art. 4.3(c) · Checked
4. El Centro propone al ministro de la Agricultura elevar al Estado Mayor Nacional de la Defensa Civil la declaración de los estados de alerta y emergencia sanitaria veterinaria, en todo o en parte del territorio nacional.
Decreto-Ley 127/2026, art. 4.4 · Checked
SEGUNDA: El presente Decreto-Ley entra en vigor a los siete (7) días de su publicación en la Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba.
RESOLUCIÓN 165/2026
Resolución 165/2026, heading · Checked
Artículo 100.1. El jefe del Departamento Municipal de Sanidad Animal cuando conozca el diagnóstico presuntivo de una enfermedad de primer orden, designa el personal
que asiste al terreno y declara la inmovilidad de los animales, de ser necesario preserva las muestras en el lugar para el diagnóstico confirmativo, establece las medidas de cuarentena, hasta que se confirme o deniegue la sospecha
Artículo 109.1. Corresponde a la autoridad veterinaria declarar los estados de cuarentena sanitario veterinaria, y dictar las medidas correspondientes cuando surjan algunas de las enfermedades transmisibles que pongan en peligro el estado epidemiológico de una zona determinada.
Resolución 165/2026, art. 109.1 · Checked
2. Los jefes de las entidades o unidades que se declaran en Cuarentena Veterinaria o se encuentran en zonas declaradas en Estado de Alerta o Emergencia Sanitaria Veterinaria son los máximos responsables de aplicar las disposiciones que se establezcan.
Resolución 165/2026, art. 111.2 · Checked
2. Los propietarios o poseedores de animales que no pertenezcan al Sistema de Sanidad Animal que sospechen de la presencia de enfermedades, informan de inmediato, la situación existente al Departamento Municipal de Sanidad Animal.
Resolución 165/2026, art. 95.2 · Checked
2. El movimiento de animales tiene que estar amparado por un certificado veterinario de autorización de traslado de animales en el territorio nacional, excepto los animales que se transportan hacia mataderos o losas de sacrificio con destino al sacrificio, los cuales están amparados por el correspondiente certificado veterinario de sacrificio.
Resolución 165/2026, art. 196.2 · Checked
a) Garantizar las condiciones higiénicas y sanitarias de manejo zootécnico, de protección y bioseguridad, que garanticen la salud y el bienestar de los animales; b) informar a la autoridad municipal de sanidad animal, cuando observe en los animales cambios de conducta, signos o síntomas de enfermedad;
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.1(a)-(b) · Checked
TERCERA: El presente Reglamento entra en vigor a los siete (7) días posteriores a su publicación en la Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba.
Small-flock welfare minimums
Rule identified for the scope below
Jurisdiction: Cuba
Applies to: Natural and legal persons who own, hold or possess animals; 'animals' include any bird (Decreto-Ley 31/2021, arts. 2.1, 5).
What the checked sources say
- Owners and keepers must meet animals' basic needs according to species and category: food and safe water; living space and a comfortable environment; freedom from pain, injury and disease through prevention, cure and rehabilitation; avoiding fear, distress and stress; and anything else that lets them express natural behavior (Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 5).
- Breeders must also ensure hygienic and sanitary handling, protection and biosecurity, and report changes in behavior or signs of disease to the municipal animal health authority (art. 6.1(a)-(b)).
- Breaching any of these obligations is a contravention (Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 92; Decreto 38/2021, art. 58(b)).
The official wording
Decreto-Ley 31/2021 “De Bienestar Animal” (GOC-2021-332-EX25)
GOC No. 25 Extraordinaria 2021, contents · Checked
Gaceta Oficial No. 25 Extraordinaria de 10 de abril de 2021
GOC No. 25 Extraordinaria 2021, contents · Checked
Artículo 2.1. A los efectos del presente Decreto-Ley y su Reglamento, se consideran y protegen como animales a cualquier mamífero, ave, abejas, reptiles, peces, moluscos, crustáceos y anfibios.
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 2.1 · Checked
Artículo 5. Las personas naturales y jurídicas, propietarias, tenedoras y poseedoras de animales, deben satisfacer las necesidades básicas de los mismos, según su especie y categoría en cuanto a:
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 5 (lead-in) · Checked
a) Proporcionar alimentos y agua segura para evitar el hambre y la sed; b) garantizar espacio vital y ambiente confortable para evitar la incomodidad; c) garantizar que no padezcan dolor, lesión y enfermedad, mediante la prevención, curación y rehabilitación;
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 5(a)-(c) · Checked
d) evitar que sientan miedo, angustia y estrés; y e) cualquier otra que les permita expresar su comportamiento natural.
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 5(d)-(e) · Checked
Artículo 6.1. Los criadores de animales, además de satisfacer las necesidades básicas previstas en el Artículo 5, deben cumplir las obligaciones siguientes:
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.1 (lead-in) · Checked
a) Garantizar las condiciones higiénicas y sanitarias de manejo zootécnico, de protección y bioseguridad, que garanticen la salud y el bienestar de los animales; b) informar a la autoridad municipal de sanidad animal, cuando observe en los animales cambios de conducta, signos o síntomas de enfermedad;
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.1(a)-(b) · Checked
Artículo 92. Constituyen contravenciones las infracciones de lo regulado en el presente Decreto-Ley, su Reglamento y las disposiciones vigentes.
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 92 · Checked
SEGUNDA: El presente Decreto-Ley entra en vigor a partir de los noventa días posteriores a la fecha de su publicación en la Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba.
Normas que la modifican: No existen referencias de normas Norma que la deroga: No existen referencias de normas
Gaceta norm page, Decreto Ley 31 de 2021 · Checked
Artículo 58. Se consideran conductas infractoras del bienestar animal las siguientes:
Decreto 38/2021, art. 58 (lead-in) · Checked
b) incumplir con cualquiera de las obligaciones establecidas en el Decreto-Ley de Bienestar Animal y el presente Reglamento para los criadores, propietarios, poseedores y tenedores de animales, según su especie y categoría;
Decreto 38/2021, art. 58(b) · Checked
CUARTA: El presente Decreto comienza a regir conjuntamente con el Decreto-Ley de Bienestar Animal.
National rules on keeping poultry
No rule identified in this research
Jurisdiction: Cuba
Applies to: Keeping animals under the animal welfare decree-law of 2021 and the veterinary regulation of 2026.
Outside this finding's scope
- No national limit on how many chickens may be kept, and no national rule on keeping chickens in towns, was found in the texts read; the rule below on authorized raising areas applies where animals are raised for productive, reproductive and commercial purposes. The 1982 basic sanitary provisions decree-law (Decreto-Ley 54) was not read because its text is not on the Gaceta website.
- Silence in the texts read is not permission to keep chickens.
What the checked sources say
- Where animals are raised for productive, reproductive and commercial purposes, they must be kept permanently in areas authorized by the animal health authority and must not roam, graze or be kept on the public road; facilities must have raising and handling conditions differentiated for each species (Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.2(c)-(d)).
- Backyard raising of small species for own consumption does not need the veterinary sanitary license required of livestock production units (Resolución 165/2026, art. 57(a)).
The official wording
2. Cuando la crianza sea con fines productivos, reproductivos y comerciales están además obligados a:
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.2 (lead-in) · Checked
c) asegurar que las instalaciones tengan las condiciones de crianza y manejo diferenciadas para cada una de las especies; y
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.2(c) · Checked
d) velar porque los animales se mantengan de forma permanente, en las áreas autorizadas por la autoridad competente de sanidad animal y no deambulen, pasten o se mantengan en la vía pública.
Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.2(d) · Checked
SEGUNDA: El presente Decreto-Ley entra en vigor a partir de los noventa días posteriores a la fecha de su publicación en la Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba.
Artículo 57. Están obligados a tener licencia sanitaria veterinaria los objetivos de interés sanitario veterinario que se relacionan a continuación:
Resolución 165/2026, art. 57 (lead-in) · Checked
a) Unidades o centros de producción pecuaria, incluida la apícola y acuática, excepto la crianza de traspatio de especies menores para autoconsumo;
Resolución 165/2026, art. 57(a) · Checked
Estado: Modificada Anotada y concordada: No Normas que la modifican: Decreto Ley 9 de 2020 de Consejo de Estado
Gaceta norm page, Decreto Ley 54 de 1982 · Checked
SEGUNDA: Se derogan los artículos del 66 al 75 y del 95 al 97 del Decreto-Ley No. 54 “Disposiciones Sanitarias Básicas”, de 23 de abril de 1982.
This does not establish that keeping is unrestricted or that all rules are local.
More countries we've checked
- AlbaniaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- AlgeriaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Antigua and BarbudaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- ArgentinaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- ArmeniaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- AustriaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- AzerbaijanRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- BahrainRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- BangladeshRegistration: not establishedNot established
- BarbadosRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- BelgiumRegistration: requiredRequired; home-use flocks not established
- BeninRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- BotswanaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- BrazilRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- BruneiRegistration: no rule identifiedSet locally
- BurundiRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Cabo VerdeRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- CameroonRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- ChileRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- ChinaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- ColombiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Costa RicaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- CroatiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- CzechiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- DenmarkRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- Dominican RepublicRegistration: not establishedNot established
- EcuadorRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- EgyptRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- El SalvadorRegistration: not establishedNot established
- EswatiniRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- EthiopiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Faroe IslandsRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- FinlandRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- FranceRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- GambiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Georgia (country)Registration: egg-laying enterprises need National Food Agency authorization; whether that reaches a household keeping hens only for its own eggs was not establishedEgg enterprises need authorization; household use unclear
- GermanyRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- GhanaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- GreeceRegistration: not establishedNot established
- GreenlandRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- GuatemalaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- GuineaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- GuyanaRegistration: no rule identifiedSet locally
- HungaryRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- IcelandRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- IndonesiaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- IrelandRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- ItalyRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- JamaicaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- JapanRegistration: a yearly report to the prefecture is requiredYearly report required
- JerseyRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- JordanRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- KenyaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- LaosRegistration: not establishedNot established
- LatviaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- LiechtensteinRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- MalaysiaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- MaldivesRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- MaliRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- MaltaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- MauritaniaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- MauritiusRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- MexicoRegistration: not establishedNot established
- MonacoRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- MontenegroRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- MoroccoRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- NepalRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- NetherlandsRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- New ZealandRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- NicaraguaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- NigeriaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- North MacedoniaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- NorwayRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- OmanRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- PakistanRegistration: not establishedNot established
- PalestineRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- ParaguayRegistration: no rule identifiedSet locally
- PeruRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- PhilippinesRegistration: not establishedNot established
- PolandRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- PortugalRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- RomaniaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- RussiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- RwandaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Saint LuciaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- Saudi ArabiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- SenegalRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- SingaporeRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- SlovakiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- SloveniaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- South AfricaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- SpainRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Sri LankaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- SudanRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- SwedenRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- SwitzerlandRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- TaiwanRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- TanzaniaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- ThailandRegistration: not establishedNot established
- Timor-LesteRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- TogoRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- TongaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- Trinidad and TobagoRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- TürkiyeRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- TurkmenistanRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- TuvaluRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- UgandaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- UkraineRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- United Arab EmiratesRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- UruguayRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- UzbekistanRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- VietnamRegistration: requiredRequired from 20 chickens (2023 list)
- ZambiaRegistration: not establishedSet locally
- ZimbabweRegistration: not establishedNot established
Common questions
- Do I have to register backyard chickens in Cuba?
- Registration: conditions apply. The finding covers: Keepers raising animals for productive, reproductive and commercial purposes (Decreto-Ley 31/2021, art. 6.2); livestock production units (Resolución 165/2026, art. 57(a)); and animal keepers not required to hold the veterinary sanitary license, who are subject to municipal registration control (art. 67; the wording leaves unclear whether this applies only where they pose a risk to animal health). 'Animals' include any bird. Outside this finding's scope: Backyard raising of small species for own consumption is excluded from the veterinary sanitary license for livestock production units (Resolución 165/2026, art. 57(a)); such keepers may still be subject to municipal registration control (art. 67). Whether a backyard flock whose eggs are sold counts as a production unit was not established. No flock-size threshold was found. Exemptions and their limits: Backyard raising of small species for own consumption: no veterinary sanitary license for livestock production units (Resolución 165/2026, art. 57(a)). Authority: Municipal Department of Animal Health (Centro Nacional de Sanidad Animal).
- Can I keep chickens in my backyard in Cuba?
- The national sources we read don't settle it, and we haven't identified who decides. Check your local rules before you get hens.
- Do I have to keep my hens indoors for bird flu in Cuba?
- Housing orders come and go, so we never show one as current. We haven't confirmed an official current-status page for it.
