Keeping hens · National rules

Can you keep backyard chickens in Indonesia?

The national sources we read don't settle registration or who decides where hens can live. Here's what they do say.

Read from 2 official sources13 passages quotedChecked October 24, 2026

At a glance

Registering your flock

Not established

National keeping rule

No rule identified

Bird-flu housing orders

Status needs rechecking

Welfare rules

Not established

A sourced reading of national law in Indonesia, 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 or state 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

Not established from the sources checked

Jurisdiction: Indonesia

Applies to: Livestock keepers raising animals below a business scale.

Outside this finding's scope

  • Text as enacted in 2009; not among the articles changed by Law 41/2014; changes by the 2023 Job Creation law were not checked.

What the checked sources say

  • As enacted, keepers below a business scale received a livestock-business registration mark from the regency or city government; the current rule and its threshold are unresolved.

Authority: Not established from the sources checked.

Fee: Not established from the sources checked.

The official wording

  • (2) Peternak yang melakukan budi daya ternak dengan jenis dan jumlah ternak di bawah skala usaha tertentu diberikan tanda daftar usaha peternakan oleh pemerintah daerah kabupaten/kota.

    Law 18/2009, Art. 29(2) as enacted · 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 2026-10-24

The scope and conditions below are a dated record, not confirmation of today's position.

Not established from the sources checked

Uses housing orders in this scope: Not established from the sources checked.

Jurisdiction: Indonesia

Applies to: Animal-disease outbreak areas.

Outside this finding's scope

  • Government Regulation 47/2014 is quoted as issued in 2014; its current wording was not checked.

What the checked sources say

  • As issued in 2014, the Minister designates outbreak areas and sets each area's disease status and map in an information system for veterinary authorities.
  • As issued in 2014, the regent or mayor, or the governor, closes the area within 24 hours of the designation.
  • As issued in 2014, after closing the area the Veterinary Authority must order livestock companies, keepers and individuals who keep animals to pen susceptible animals and isolate sick or suspected animals.
  • Current outbreak areas are not shown here.
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.

  • Pasal 20 (1) Berdasarkan laporan sebagaimana dimaksud dalam Pasal 19 dan/atau laporan dari pejabat Otoritas Veteriner nasional, Menteri menetapkan jenis, status situasi, dan peta Penyakit Hewan.

    Government Regulation 47/2014, Art. 20(1) · Checked

  • (2) Jenis, status situasi, dan peta Penyakit Hewan sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (1) dimuat dalam sistem informasi pengendalian dan penanggulangan Penyakit Hewan yang dapat diakses oleh Otoritas Veteriner kabupaten/kota, Otoritas Veteriner provinsi, Otoritas Veteriner Kementerian, dan Dokter Hewan Berwenang pada kementerian.

    Government Regulation 47/2014, Art. 20(2) · Checked

  • (3) Status situasi Penyakit Hewan sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (1) dapat berupa daerah bebas, daerah terduga, daerah tertular, atau daerah Wabah.

    Government Regulation 47/2014, Art. 20(3) · Checked

  • Pasal 50 (1) Penutupan Wilayah sebagaimana dimaksud dalam Pasal 49 huruf a dilakukan berdasarkan penetapan daerah Wabah oleh Menteri.

    Government Regulation 47/2014, Art. 50(1) · Checked

  • (3) Penutupan Wilayah sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (1) dilakukan oleh bupati/walikota atau gubernur sesuai dengan kewenangannya dalam jangka waktu paling lambat 1 X 24 jam (satu kali dua puluh empat jam) sejak ditetapkan suatu daerah Wabah oleh Menteri.

    Government Regulation 47/2014, Art. 50(3) · Checked

  • Pasal 52 (1) Setelah penutupan Wilayah sebagaimana dimaksud dalam Pasal 50, Otoritas Veteriner harus memerintahkan kepada Perusahaan Peternakan, Peternak, orang perseorangan yang memelihara Hewan, dan pengelola konservasi satwa untuk melakukan: a. pengandangan Hewan rentan; dan b. pengisolasian Hewan sakit dan/atau terduga sakit.

    Government Regulation 47/2014, Art. 52(1) · Checked

Small-flock welfare minimums

Not established from the sources checked

Jurisdiction: Indonesia

Applies to: All vertebrate animals.

Outside this finding's scope

  • Text as enacted in 2009; not among the articles changed by Law 41/2014; changes by the 2023 Job Creation law were not checked.

What the checked sources say

  • As enacted, keeping and care were to be carried out as well as possible so that animals are free from hunger and thirst, pain, abuse and misuse, and fear and distress, and housing so that animals can express natural behaviour; current wording unresolved.

The official wording

  • c. pemeliharaan, pengamanan, perawatan, dan pengayoman hewan dilakukan dengan sebaik-baiknya sehingga hewan bebas dari rasa lapar dan haus, rasa sakit, penganiayaan dan penyalahgunaan, serta rasa takut dan tertekan;

    Law 18/2009, Art. 66(2)(c) as enacted · Checked

  • b. penempatan dan pengandangan dilakukan dengan sebaik-baiknya sehingga memungkinkan hewan dapat mengekspresikan perilaku alaminya;

    Law 18/2009, Art. 66(2)(b) as enacted · Checked

  • (3) Ketentuan yang berkaitan dengan penyelenggaraan kesejahteraan hewan diberlakukan bagi semua jenis hewan bertulang belakang dan sebagian dari hewan yang tidak bertulang belakang yang dapat merasa sakit.

    Law 18/2009, Art. 66(3) as enacted · Checked

National or state rules on keeping poultry

No rule identified in this research

Jurisdiction: Indonesia

Applies to: Livestock farming under Law 18/2009, as enacted.

Outside this finding's scope

  • No national rule on keeping a few hens at home was found in the texts read; regional regulations were not read. This is not permission.

What the checked sources say

  • As enacted in 2009, livestock farming may be carried out only by keepers, livestock companies and certain parties for special purposes.
  • As enacted, those keeping livestock at a certain business scale must follow good farming practice without disturbing public order, under guidelines set by the Minister; the scale and guidelines were not read.

The official wording

  • Budi daya ternak hanya dapat dilakukan oleh peternak, perusahaan peternakan, serta pihak tertentu untuk kepentingan khusus.

    Law 18/2009, Art. 29(1) as enacted · Checked

  • Peternak, perusahaan peternakan, dan pihak tertentu yang mengusahakan ternak dengan skala usaha tertentu wajib mengikuti tata cara budi daya ternak yang baik dengan tidak mengganggu ketertiban umum sesuai dengan pedoman yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri.

    Law 18/2009, Art. 29(4) as enacted · Checked

  • UNDANG-UNDANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR 18 TAHUN 2009 TENTANG PETERNAKAN DAN KESEHATAN HEWAN

    Law 18/2009, title · Checked

This does not establish that keeping is unrestricted or that all rules are local.

Selling eggs in Indonesia? →License, small-flock line, markets and cartons, on their own page.Selling: License: not stated

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Common questions

Do I have to register backyard chickens in Indonesia?
Registration: not established. The finding covers: Livestock keepers raising animals below a business scale. Outside this finding's scope: Text as enacted in 2009; not among the articles changed by Law 41/2014; changes by the 2023 Job Creation law were not checked.
Can I keep chickens in my backyard in Indonesia?
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 Indonesia?
Housing orders come and go, so we never show one as current. We haven't confirmed an official current-status page for it.

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