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Can you keep backyard chickens in Sudan?

The national laws we read (the Justice Ministry's online compilation, pages unchanged since at least 27 June 2022; later amendments not checked) don't settle registration or who decides where hens can live. Here's what they do say.

Read from 2 official sources22 passages quotedChecked November 1, 2026

At a glance

Registering your flock

Not established

National keeping rule

No rule identified

Bird-flu housing orders

Status needs rechecking

Welfare rules

Rule identified

A sourced reading of national law in Sudan, 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

No rule identified in this research

Jurisdiction: Republic of the Sudan

Applies to: People keeping chickens in Sudan.

Outside this finding's scope

  • No national register of poultry keepers or flocks was found in the Epizootic Animal Diseases Act or the Animal Welfare Act, read on 1 November 2026 in the Ministry of Justice's online compilation of the Laws of Sudan (pages unchanged since at least 27 June 2022). This does not prove that none exists.

Authority: Not established from the sources checked.

Fee: Not established from the sources 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: Republic of the Sudan

Applies to: Owners and holders of animals, including birds, under the Epizootic Animal Diseases Act.

Outside this finding's scope

  • No rule requiring poultry to be kept indoors was found in the texts read.
  • Fowl plague and Newcastle disease are on the Act's Schedule A; the schedule read does not name avian influenza.
  • Read on 1 November 2026 in the Ministry of Justice's online compilation of the Laws of Sudan, whose page for this Act is unchanged since at least 27 June 2022; later amendments, and whether the named ministry and official still hold these powers, were not checked.

What the checked sources say

  • In the Justice Ministry's online compilation (page unchanged since at least June 2022), the Act lets the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rangelands declare an area infected with a Schedule A disease, after consulting the state livestock director and other relevant bodies (art. 7(1)).
  • No animal, including one infected with, in contact with or suspected of an epizootic disease, may be moved out of the infected area, near it or within it without written permission of the competent authority (art. 8(1)).
  • Anyone who owns or holds animals that are infected or show signs of an epizootic disease must keep them apart from other animals and notify at once the nearest veterinary hospital or clinic, slaughterhouse or the competent authority (art. 4).
  • Current status is not shown here; where current declarations are published was not established.
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: Republic of the Sudan

Applies to: All dealings with animals; animal means all vertebrates other than humans, and bees (Animal Welfare Act, arts 2 and 3).

Outside this finding's scope

  • Read on 1 November 2026 in the Ministry of Justice's online compilation of the Laws of Sudan, whose page for this Act is unchanged since at least 27 June 2022; later amendments were not checked.

What the checked sources say

  • Owners and breeders must take all necessary precautions not to harm the animal (art. 7(1)).
  • They must inspect animals in their care at least once a day, and provide food, drinking water, treatment and full care without exposing them to malnutrition (art. 7(2)).
  • Animals must have enough space for their physical and behavioral needs, with spacious, covered, well-lit, clean and safe housing (art. 10).
  • Violence against an animal, beating or frightening it, or using any tool or means that harms it physically or psychologically is prohibited (art. 13(a)).

The official wording

National rules on keeping poultry

No rule identified in this research

Jurisdiction: Republic of the Sudan

Applies to: Keeping chickens in Sudan.

Outside this finding's scope

  • No national rule on how many chickens may be kept, or where, was found in the texts read (five Acts read on 1 November 2026 in the Ministry of Justice's online compilation of the Laws of Sudan, pages unchanged since at least 27 June 2022).
  • The national texts' silence is not permission to keep chickens.

What the checked sources say

  • The Animal Welfare Act's definition of premises includes private homes where an animal is kept (art. 3); this is a definition in the welfare law, not a rule on keeping chickens.

The official wording

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

Selling eggs in Sudan? →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 Sudan?
Registration: no rule identified. The finding covers: People keeping chickens in Sudan. Outside this finding's scope: No national register of poultry keepers or flocks was found in the Epizootic Animal Diseases Act or the Animal Welfare Act, read on 1 November 2026 in the Ministry of Justice's online compilation of the Laws of Sudan (pages unchanged since at least 27 June 2022). This does not prove that none exists.
Can I keep chickens in my backyard in Sudan?
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 Sudan?
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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