Keeping hens · National rules

Can you keep backyard chickens in Laos?

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

Read from 1 official source37 passages quotedChecked November 1, 2026

At a glance

Registering your flock

Not established

National keeping rule

Rule identified

Bird-flu housing orders

Status needs rechecking

Welfare rules

Rule identified

A sourced reading of national law in Laos, 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

Not established from the sources checked

Jurisdiction: Lao People's Democratic Republic

Applies to: People keeping chickens, including family keepers.

Outside this finding's scope

  • Livestock businesses, which include livestock farms, apply to the industry and commerce sector for enterprise registration after technical permission from the livestock and veterinary authority.
  • The law defines family animal raising as raising any kind of animal in the traditional way without a main aim of trade; no registration duty for keepers who do not raise animals for sale was identified in the articles read.

What the checked sources say

  • People or organisations that raise animals for sale must take part in the agriculture ministry's animal registration and traceability plan as it is rolled out; whether that reaches a keeper who sells eggs from a small flock, and whether a plan now covers poultry, was not established.

Authority: Not established from the sources checked.

Fee: Not established from the sources checked.

The official wording

  • ທຸລະກິດກ່ຽວກັບການລ້ຽງສັດ ມີ ດັ່ງນີ້:

    ມາດຕາ 67 ວັກນຳ (PDF p. 27) · Checked

  • ຟາມລ້ຽງສັດ;

    ມາດຕາ 67 ຂໍ້ 1 (PDF p. 27) · Checked

  • ທີ່ມີຈຸດປະສົງດຳເນີນທຸລະກິດກ່ຽວກັບການລ້ຽງສັດ ແລະ ການສັດຕະວະແພດ ຕ້ອງຍື່ນຄຳຮ້ອງຕໍ່ຂະແໜງການອຸດສາຫະກຳ ແລະ ການຄ້າ

    ມາດຕາ 69 ວັກ 1 (ສ່ວນຕົ້ນ) (PDF p. 28) · Checked

  • ເພື່ອພິຈາລະນາອອກທະບຽນວິສາຫະກິດ ພາຍຫຼັງທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບອະນຸຍາດທາງດ້ານວິຊາການຈາກອົງການຄຸ້ມຄອງວຽກງານລ້ຽງສັດ ແລະ ສັດຕະວະແພດແລ້ວ.

    ມາດຕາ 69 ວັກ 1 (ທ້າຍ) (PDF p. 28) · Checked

  • ການລ້ຽງສັດແບບຄອບຄົວ ໝາຍເຖິງ ການລ້ຽງສັດທຸກປະເພດ ແບບມູນເຊື້ອທີ່ບໍ່ມີເປົ້າໝາຍຕົ້ນຕໍເພື່ອການຄ້າ;

    ມາດຕາ 4 ຂໍ້ 20 (PDF p. 5) · Checked

  • ບຸກຄົນ, ນິຕິບຸກຄົນ ຫຼື ການຈັດຕັ້ງ ທີ່ດຳເນີນການລ້ຽງສັດເພື່ອຈຳໜ່າຍ ຕ້ອງເຂົ້າຮ່ວມປະຕິບັດແຜນການຂຶ້ນທະບຽນພິມສັດ

    ມາດຕາ 17 ວັກ 4 (ສ່ວນຕົ້ນ) (PDF p. 10) · Checked

  • ແລະ ການສືບຢ້ອນຫຼັງປະຫວັດຂອງສັດຂອງກະຊວງກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ ໃນແຕ່ລະໄລຍະ.

    ມາດຕາ 17 ວັກ 4 (ທ້າຍ) (PDF p. 10) · 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 2026-11-01

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: Lao People's Democratic Republic

Applies to: Animal keepers in a declared animal-epidemic control zone or its buffer zone; the 24-hour report applies to animal owners and others anywhere.

Outside this finding's scope

  • Article 29 of the livestock and veterinary law (its list of outbreak measures, read in full) does not name keeping poultry indoors, but it lets the livestock and veterinary authority control the movement of animals into and out of the outbreak area and apply any sanitary measure based on risk analysis in the outbreak area or buffer zone; whether that is used to order birds indoors was not established.

What the checked sources say

  • Animal-epidemic control zones are declared and lifted on the livestock and veterinary authority's proposal: by the district governor, municipality head or city mayor for an outbreak within one district; by the provincial governor or capital mayor for several districts in one province; by the Prime Minister for more than one province.
  • In a declared control zone, warnings are issued against moving animals, carcasses and animal products into, out of or through it without the task force's permission, and declarations must be posted and publicised widely.
  • In control and buffer zones the authority must apply response measures from a list that includes isolating sick animals, warning about and controlling the movement of disease carriers such as people and animals into and out of the outbreak area, stopping breeding in the outbreak area, and any sanitary measure based on risk analysis.
  • Animal owners or other persons must report animals that are sick or dead from a notifiable disease to the nearest livestock and veterinary authority and/or the village authority within twenty-four hours.
  • Current status is 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.

Small-flock welfare minimums

Rule identified for the scope below

Jurisdiction: Lao People's Democratic Republic

Applies to: Persons, legal entities and organisations that raise animals; the law's definition of animals includes poultry.

What the checked sources say

  • Keepers must follow good animal-welfare principles: enough feed and drinking water, ventilation, suitable temperature, light and humidity, and pens that are not crowded.
  • Keepers must also care for the animals' health and monitor them well.

The official wording

  • ບຸກຄົນ, ນິຕິບຸກຄົນ ຫຼື ການຈັດຕັ້ງ ທີ່ລ້ຽງສັດ ຕ້ອງປະຕິບັດຕາມຫຼັກການລ້ຽງສັດທີ່ມີສະຫວັດດີການສັດທີ່ດີ

    ມາດຕາ 57 (ສ່ວນຕົ້ນ) (PDF p. 24) · Checked

  • ໂດຍມີການໃຫ້ອາຫານ ແລະ ນ້ຳດື່ມທີ່ພຽງພໍ, ຖ່າຍເທອາກາດ ແລະ ຄວບຄຸມອຸນຫະພູມ, ແສງສະຫວ່າງ, ຄວາມຊຸ່ມໃຫ້ເໝາະສົມ, ມີຄອກທີ່ບໍ່ແອອັດ

    ມາດຕາ 57 (ສ່ວນກາງ) (PDF p. 24) · Checked

  • ນອກຈາກນີ້ ຍັງຕ້ອງມີການດູແລສຸຂະພາບ ແລະ ຕິດຕາມສັດເປັນຢ່າງດີ.

    ມາດຕາ 57 (ທ້າຍ) (PDF p. 24) · Checked

  • ສັດ ໝາຍເຖິງ ສັດລ້ຽງລູກດ້ວຍນ້ຳນົມ, ສັດປີກ, ເຜິ້ງ ແລະ ສັດອື່ນທີ່ນຳມາລ້ຽງ;

    ມາດຕາ 4 ຂໍ້ 1 (PDF p. 4) · Checked

National rules on keeping poultry

Rule identified for the scope below

Jurisdiction: Lao People's Democratic Republic

Applies to: Keeping poultry, including family animal raising.

Outside this finding's scope

  • No number-of-birds or distance rule was found in the articles read.
  • Village, district and provincial rules were not researched; this is not permission to keep chickens anywhere.

What the checked sources say

  • No one may raise animals within villages or towns in a way that harms the environment and society.
  • No one may let animals roam in community areas, especially within villages, municipalities, cities and along highways.
  • People who raise animals on a small scale must follow the agriculture ministry's instructions and technical manuals on raising principles; those documents were not read.

The official wording

  • ຫ້າມ ບຸກຄົນ, ນິຕິບຸກຄົນ ຫຼື ການຈັດຕັ້ງ ມີ ພຶດຕິກຳ ດັ່ງນີ້:

    ມາດຕາ 89 ວັກນຳ (PDF p. 35) · Checked

  • ລ້ຽງສັດພາຍໃນບ້ານ, ໃນຕົວເມືອງ ທີ່ສົ່ງຜົນກະທົບທາງລົບຕໍ່ສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ ແລະ ສັງຄົມ;

    ມາດຕາ 89 ຂໍ້ 1 (PDF p. 35) · Checked

  • ປ່ອຍສັດຊະຊາຍໃນເຂດຊຸມຊົນ ໂດຍສະເພາະຢູ່ພາຍໃນບ້ານ, ເທດສະບານ, ນະຄອນ ແລະ ຕາມທາງຫຼວງ;

    ມາດຕາ 89 ຂໍ້ 2 (PDF p. 35) · Checked

  • ປະຊາຊົນທີ່ລ້ຽງສັດຂະໜາດນ້ອຍ ຕ້ອງປະຕິບັດຕາມຄຳແນະນຳ ແລະ ຄູ່ມືດ້ານວິຊາການກ່ຽວກັບຫຼັກການລ້ຽງສັດທີ່ກະຊວງກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ກຳນົດ.

    ມາດຕາ 74 ວັກ 2 (PDF p. 30) · Checked

  • ການລ້ຽງສັດແບບຄອບຄົວ ໝາຍເຖິງ ການລ້ຽງສັດທຸກປະເພດ ແບບມູນເຊື້ອທີ່ບໍ່ມີເປົ້າໝາຍຕົ້ນຕໍເພື່ອການຄ້າ;

    ມາດຕາ 4 ຂໍ້ 20 (PDF p. 5) · Checked

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Common questions

Do I have to register backyard chickens in Laos?
Registration: not established. The finding covers: People keeping chickens, including family keepers. Outside this finding's scope: Livestock businesses, which include livestock farms, apply to the industry and commerce sector for enterprise registration after technical permission from the livestock and veterinary authority. The law defines family animal raising as raising any kind of animal in the traditional way without a main aim of trade; no registration duty for keepers who do not raise animals for sale was identified in the articles read.
Can I keep chickens in my backyard in Laos?
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 Laos?
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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