Keeping hens · National rules

Can you keep backyard chickens in Peru?

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 6 official sources36 passages quotedChecked October 29, 2026

At a glance

Registering your flock

Conditions apply

National keeping rule

Rule with conditions

Bird-flu housing orders

Status needs rechecking

Welfare rules

Rule identified

A sourced reading of national law in Peru, 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: Peru

Applies to: Poultry farms with 100 or more birds being reared or in production; farms with 100 to 499 birds only if they meet an Annex 11 criterion, such as birds reared to be sold; owners of fighting birds and of egg collection centres, among others listed (enrolment, then registration); owners of backyard birds in places SENASA sets as poultry or border zones (enrolment).

Outside this finding's scope

  • A purpose other than sale is certified by the bird owner's signed sworn statement.
  • Whether a backyard flock of 100 or more birds counts as a poultry farm (defined as organised installations for rearing birds) was not established.

What the checked sources say

  • Poultry establishments must be registered with SENASA before they operate.
  • Registration is mandatory for poultry farms with 100 or more birds in rearing or production; for 100 to 499 birds, only if a criterion in Annex 11 applies, such as birds reared to be sold.
  • Owners of backyard birds located in SENASA-designated poultry or border zones must enrol with SENASA.
  • Fairs, exhibitions or other events with birds need prior SENASA authorisation.
  • Owners of fighting birds and of egg collection centres, among others listed, must first enrol and then register with SENASA's office for their area.

Thresholds

  • Poultry-farm registration is mandatory from 100 birds in rearing or production; for 100 to 499 birds only under Annex 11 criteria.

Authority: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA)

Fee: Not established from the sources checked.

The official wording

Bird-flu housing orders

Current status needs rechecking

Check the agency's own page (not a status page)

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: Peru

Applies to: SENASA's power to declare animal-health alerts or emergencies and to issue disease-control measures binding owners and occupants of premises.

Outside this finding's scope

  • No standing national order to house backyard birds was identified; this does not establish that none exists.

What the checked sources say

  • SENASA may declare a state of animal-health alert or emergency when diseases are present or their introduction or spread is imminent in an area.
  • SENASA's disease-control measures bind the owners or occupants of the premises.
  • Anyone keeping or handling birds who suspects or knows of a notifiable disease, including avian influenza, must report it to SENASA immediately.
  • A SENASA resolution of 13 July 2026 declared a 90-day national sanitary emergency for highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry; its listed measures include quarantine and biosecurity but no order to house birds; whether it was extended or has ended was not checked.
  • Current status is not shown here; check SENASA's legal norms on gob.pe.
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.

  • La Autoridad Nacional en Sanidad Agraria podrá declarar los estados de alerta o de emergencia fito y zoosanitaria ante la inminencia del riesgo de introducción, diseminación o resurgencia, o ante la presencia, de plagas o enfermedades en determinada zona geográfica del territorio nacional

    DL 1059, Art. 8, first paragraph · Checked

  • La Autoridad Nacional en Sanidad Agraria dictará las medidas fito y zoosanitarias para la prevención, el control o la erradicación de plagas y enfermedades. Dichas medidas serán de cumplimiento obligatorio por parte de los propietarios u ocupantes, bajo cualquier título, del predio o establecimiento respectivo,

    DL 1059, Art. 9, first paragraph · Checked

  • el artículo 4 de la Ley, señala que la Autoridad Nacional en Sanidad Agraria es el SENASA;

    RJ D000104-2026-MIDAGRI-SENASA-JN, recitals · Checked

  • Que, el artículo 8 de la Ley establece que la Autoridad Nacional en Sanidad Agraria podrá declarar los estados de alerta o de emergencia fito y zoosanitaria

    RJ D000104-2026-MIDAGRI-SENASA-JN, recitals · Checked

  • y demás personas naturales o jurídicas vinculadas a la tenencia o manejo de aves, que sospechen o conozcan de la existencia de granjas o aves afectadas por las enfermedades de declaración obligatoria, enfermedad de Newcastle, Influenza Aviar,

    DS 029-2007-AG, Art. 15 (middle of the sentence) · Checked

  • están obligadas a informar inmediatamente a la oficina más cercana del SENASA u otra dependencia del Ministerio de Agricultura, bajo responsabilidad.

    DS 029-2007-AG, Art. 15 (end) · Checked

  • La Molina, 13 de julio de 2026

    RJ D000104-2026-MIDAGRI-SENASA-JN, heading · Checked

  • Artículo 1.- DECLARAR emergencia sanitaria en todo el territorio nacional, por un periodo de noventa (90) días calendario, ante la presencia de influenza aviar de alta patogenicidad en aves de corral. Este plazo podrá reducirse o prorrogarse previo sustento de la evaluación epidemiológica correspondiente.

    RJ D000104-2026-MIDAGRI-SENASA-JN, Art. 1 · Checked

  • Cumplir con la cuarentena dispuesta por el Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria, impidiendo el ingreso y salida de aves domésticas vivas, productos de riesgo, personas y vehículos no autorizados, entre otros.

    RJ D000104-2026-MIDAGRI-SENASA-JN, Art. 2 · Checked

  • Fortalecer las medidas de bioseguridad y vigilancia en los predios o lugares donde se ubiquen sus aves domésticas.

    RJ D000104-2026-MIDAGRI-SENASA-JN, Art. 2 · Checked

  • Artículo 5.- DISPONER la publicación de la presente Resolución Jefatural en la sede digital del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (www.gob.pe/senasa), en la misma fecha de su publicación en el diario oficial El Peruano.

    RJ D000104-2026-MIDAGRI-SENASA-JN, Art. 5 · Checked

Small-flock welfare minimums

Rule identified for the scope below

Jurisdiction: Peru

Applies to: Every person, towards animals of any species; farm owners and those responsible for a farm, for the welfare measures the ministries set.

What the checked sources say

  • Seek the protection and welfare of animals, avoiding harm, unnecessary suffering, physical mistreatment that alters their normal behaviour, injury or death.
  • In accordance with sectoral rules, unsanitary rearing and transport of farm animals is prohibited.
  • Read from the law as published on 8 January 2016; a 2023 amending law changed only companion-animal provisions, and other amendments were not checked.

The official wording

  • El Peruano / Viernes 8 de enero de 2016

    Ley 30407, El Peruano page header · Checked

  • La presente Ley tiene por objeto proteger la vida y la salud de los animales vertebrados, domésticos o silvestres mantenidos en cautiverio, impedir el maltrato, la crueldad, causados directa o indirectamente por el ser humano, que les ocasiona sufrimiento innecesario, lesión o muerte;

    Ley 30407, Art. 3 · Checked

  • Toda persona tiene el deber de procurar la protección y el bienestar de los animales, cualquiera sea su especie, evitando causarles daño, sufrimiento innecesario, maltrato de tipo físico que altere su normal comportamiento, lesión o muerte.

    Ley 30407, Art. 5.1 · Checked

  • Los transportistas, los propietarios, encargados y responsables de una granja o centros de beneficio están obligados a cumplir las medidas de protección y bienestar animal que establecen los ministerios de Agricultura y Riego, del Ambiente y de la Producción.

    Ley 30407, Art. 16, first sentence · Checked

  • De acuerdo con las normas sectoriales queda prohibida toda práctica que pueda atentar contra la protección y el bienestar de los animales de granja, tales como:

    Ley 30407, Art. 23, lead-in · Checked

  • La crianza y transporte insalubre de animales de granja.

    Ley 30407, Art. 23(b) · Checked

  • Se modifica el párrafo 5.3 incorporando el literal e. del artículo 5 de la Ley 30407, Ley de Protección y Bienestar Animal,

    Ley 31807, Art. 1 · Checked

National rules on keeping poultry

Conditions apply to this finding

Jurisdiction: Peru

Applies to: Poultry farms (organised installations for rearing birds) and backyard bird owners under the Reglamento del Sistema Sanitario Avícola.

Outside this finding's scope

  • Local rules on keeping chickens at home were not researched; the national ban on poultry farms inside homes in urban areas applies as the competent municipal authority establishes.

What the checked sources say

  • Poultry farms may not be installed inside homes in urban areas, as the competent municipal authority establishes.
  • Backyard bird owners in SENASA-designated poultry or border zones must enrol with SENASA.

The official wording

  • Está prohibida la instalación de granjas avícolas o coliseos de gallos al interior de viviendas ubicadas en zonas urbanas según lo establezca la autoridad municipal competente.

    DS 029-2007-AG, Art. 8, ninth paragraph (DS 020-2009-AG text) · Checked

  • Granja Avícola: Establecimiento que mediante el conjunto de instalaciones (galpones), equipos y otros bienes debidamente organizados, cubren las condiciones técnicas y sanitarias adecuadas para la explotación o crianza de aves.

    DS 029-2007-AG, Annex 1 (Definiciones) · Checked

  • Están obligados a empadronarse ante el SENASA, los propietarios de aves de traspatio ubicados en los lugares establecidos por el SENASA como zonas avícolas o de frontera definidas.

    DS 029-2007-AG, Art. 8, last paragraph (DS 020-2009-AG text) · Checked

  • Aves de traspatio/de combate: Aves vivas criadas en viviendas, patios, jardines, huertos, fundos, etc., principalmente para el consumo familiar, autoconsumo o entretenimiento.

    DS 029-2007-AG, Annex 1 (Definiciones) · Checked

Selling eggs in Peru? →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 Peru?
Registration: conditions apply. The finding covers: Poultry farms with 100 or more birds being reared or in production; farms with 100 to 499 birds only if they meet an Annex 11 criterion, such as birds reared to be sold; owners of fighting birds and of egg collection centres, among others listed (enrolment, then registration); owners of backyard birds in places SENASA sets as poultry or border zones (enrolment). Poultry-farm registration is mandatory from 100 birds in rearing or production; for 100 to 499 birds only under Annex 11 criteria. Outside this finding's scope: A purpose other than sale is certified by the bird owner's signed sworn statement. Whether a backyard flock of 100 or more birds counts as a poultry farm (defined as organised installations for rearing birds) was not established. Authority: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA).
Can I keep chickens in my backyard in Peru?
The national sources we read set the limits shown under “National rules on keeping poultry” on this page, and don't settle the rest. Check your local rules before you get hens.
Do I have to keep my hens indoors for bird flu in Peru?
Housing orders come and go, so we never show one as current. This page links the agency's own page to check; it is not a status page.

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