Keeping hens · National rules

Can you keep backyard chickens in Turkmenistan?

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 sources41 passages quotedChecked November 4, 2026

At a glance

Registering your flock

Not established

National keeping rule

Not established

Bird-flu housing orders

Status needs rechecking

Welfare rules

Cruelty rule; no care standards found

A sourced reading of national law in Turkmenistan, 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: Turkmenistan

Applies to: Animal owners and local bodies under the Law on Veterinary Affairs; domestic birds are among the animals under veterinary supervision (art. 1(18)).

Outside this finding's scope

  • No register of poultry keepers was identified in the texts read. Whether a backyard flock counts as a poultry farm (hojalyk) under art. 1(19) was not established.

What the checked sources say

  • Local executive bodies and local self-government bodies take a record (hasaba alnyş) of animals by species once a year in their territories (Law on Veterinary Affairs, art. 8, item 4).
  • Animal owners must conclude contracts with local bodies of the State Veterinary Service for veterinary services (art. 17(2), item 1).

Authority: State Veterinary Service under the Ministry of Agriculture of Turkmenistan and its local bodies; local executive and self-government bodies for the annual record of animals

Fee: Not established from the sources checked.

The official wording

  • 18) weterinar gözegçilik barlagyna degişli haýwanlar we maldarçylyk önümleri – gylýallar, eşekler, düýeler, iri we ownuk şahly mallar, doňuzlar, itler we pişikler, haýwanat bagyndaky, sirkdäki janly-jandarlar, akwariumlarda ýaşaýan jandarlar, öý we aw guşlary,

    Vet Law, art. 1(18) (opening words) · Checked

  • 19) weterinariýa gözegçiligine degişli kärhanalar – eýeçiliginiň görnüşine garamazdan

    Vet Law, art. 1(19) (opening words) · Checked

  • mallardan we guşlardan öndürilýän önümleri ýerlemek bilen meşgullanýan söwda nokatlary, maldarçylyk we guşçulyk hojalyklary,

    Vet Law, art. 1(19) (words) · Checked

  • Ýerine ýetiriji häkimiýetiň ýerli edaralary we ýerli öz-özüňi dolandyryş edaralary özleriniň garamagyndaky çäklerde:

    Vet Law, art. 8 (lead-in) · Checked

  • 4) ýylda bir gezek haýwanlaryň görnüşleri boýunça hasaba alnyşyny geçirýärler;

    Vet Law, art. 8, item 4 · Checked

  • 2. Haýwanlaryň eýeleri şu aşakdakylara borçludyr:

    Vet Law, art. 17(2) (lead-in) · Checked

  • 1) weterinariýa hyzmatlarynyň ýerine ýetirilmegi üçin ýerli edaralar bilen şertnamalary baglaşmaga;

    Vet Law, art. 17(2), item 1 · Checked

  • 2. Gulluk öz üstüne ýüklenen wezipeleri gös-göni ýa-da welaýatlardaky, etraplardaky we şäherlerdäki Döwlet weterinariýa gulluklarynyň (mundan beýläk – ýerli edaralar) üsti bilen amala aşyrýar.

    Vet Law, art. 7(2) · Checked

  • Türkmenistanyň Oba hojalyk ministrliginiň ýanyndaky Döwlet weterinariýa gullugy (mundan beýläk – Gulluk)

    Vet Law, art. 1(4) (words) · Checked

  • (18.06.2016 ý. № 419-V, 05.01.2018 ý. № 685-V, 08.06.2019 ý. № 158-VI, 20.04.2020 ý. № 246-VI, 22.08.2020 ý. № 279-VI, 25.11.2023 ý. № 75-VII, 30.03.2024 ý. № 97-VII Türkmenistanyň Kanunlary esasynda girizilen üýtgetmeler we goşmaçalar bilen)

    Vet Law, heading · 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: Turkmenistan

Applies to: Quarantine powers in the Law on Veterinary Affairs.

Outside this finding's scope

  • No measure requiring poultry to be housed was identified in the texts read, and no official status page was found. The current situation is not stated here.

What the checked sources say

  • When animals are imported and when contagious diseases arise in animals in the country, local executive bodies introduce quarantine or separate restrictions on the veterinary service's request (art. 19(1)).
  • The Chief State Veterinary Inspector and state veterinary inspectors of velayats, etraps and cities may introduce quarantine in particular regions (art. 13, item 5).
  • In quarantine areas, moving supervised animals and products in settlements is to be banned and livestock and poultry markets stopped (art. 19(6)); restrictions are lifted by decision of the local executive body (art. 19(7)).
  • Owners must carry out the instructions of the local bodies of the State Veterinary Service on quarantine and other veterinary measures, and report suspected contagious disease to the Service's local body without delay (art. 17(2), items 2 and 4; art. 7(2) defines these local bodies).
  • The State Veterinary Service and its local bodies assess the epizootic situation and give binding instructions on timely preventive measures to legal and natural persons engaged in livestock and poultry keeping (art. 4, item 13).
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.

  • 1. Türkmenistanyň çägine daşary ýurtlardan haýwanlar getirilende we ýurdumyzyň çägindäki haýwanlarda ýokanç keselleri dörän ýagdaýynda onyň ýaýraýyş we zyýan ýetiriş derejesine görä weterinariýa gullugynyň ýüz tutmasy esasynda, ýerine ýetiriji häkimiýetiň ýerli edaralary tarapyndan ýerlerde karantin ýa-da aýry-aýry karantin çäklendirmeleri girizilýär.

    Vet Law, art. 19(1) · Checked

  • Türkmenistanyň Baş döwlet weterinariýa gözegçisiniň, welaýatlaryň, etraplaryň we şäherleriň döwlet weterinariýa gözegçileriniň şu aşakdakylara hukuklary bardyr:

    Vet Law, art. 13 (lead-in) · Checked

  • 5) haýwanlaryň ýokanç we ýokanç däl keselleriniň ýaýramagynyň önüni almak, ojaklaryny ýok etmek maksady bilen aýry-aýry sebitlerde karantin girizmäge;

    Vet Law, art. 13, item 5 · Checked

  • 6. Karantin girizilen ýerlerde wagtlaýyn gözegçilik nokatlary döredilmelidir. Ilatly ýerlerde (welaýatyň, şäheriň, etrabyň, hojalygyň, fermanyň çäklerindäki), weterinariýa gözegçiligine degişli haýwanlaryň we ondan öndürilýän önümleriň daşalmagy gadagan edilmäge we mal we guş bazarlarynyň işi togtadylmaga degişlidir.

    Vet Law, art. 19(6) · Checked

  • ýerine ýetiriji häkimiýetiň ýerli edarasynyň karary bilen karantin çäklendirmeleri aýrylýar.

    Vet Law, art. 19(7) (closing words) · Checked

  • 2. Haýwanlaryň eýeleri şu aşakdakylara borçludyr:

    Vet Law, art. 17(2) (lead-in) · Checked

  • 2) degişli karantin we beýleki weterinariýa çärelerini geçirmek boýunça ýerli edaralaryň ähli görkezmelerini ýerine ýetirmäge;

    Vet Law, art. 17(2), item 2 · Checked

  • 4) haýwanlaryň ýokanç keseller bilen keselländigine şübhe dörän halatlary barada haýal etmän ýerli edara habar bermäge;

    Vet Law, art. 17(2), item 4 · Checked

  • 2. Gulluk öz üstüne ýüklenen wezipeleri gös-göni ýa-da welaýatlardaky, etraplardaky we şäherlerdäki Döwlet weterinariýa gulluklarynyň (mundan beýläk – ýerli edaralar) üsti bilen amala aşyrýar.

    Vet Law, art. 7(2) · Checked

  • Gullugyň we onuň ýerli edaralarynyň wezipeleri şulardan ybaratdyr:

    Vet Law, art. 4 (lead-in) · Checked

  • 12) haýwanlaryň aýratyn howply ýokanç keselleri ýüze çykan ýagdaýynda karantin ýa-da aýry-aýry karantin çäklendirmelerini girizmek we mallaryň daşalmagyny (sürülmegini), şeýle hem maldarçylyk önümleriniň daşalmagyny gadagan etmek;

    Vet Law, art. 4, item 12 · Checked

  • 13) epizootiýa ýagdaýyna baha bermek, maldarçylyk we guşçulyk bilen meşgul bolýan ýuridik we fiziki şahslara haýwanlaryň ýokanç keselleriň öňüni alyş çärelerini öz wagtynda geçirmek barada hökmany bolan görkezmeleri bermek;

    Vet Law, art. 4, item 13 · Checked

  • (18.06.2016 ý. № 419-V, 05.01.2018 ý. № 685-V, 08.06.2019 ý. № 158-VI, 20.04.2020 ý. № 246-VI, 22.08.2020 ý. № 279-VI, 25.11.2023 ý. № 75-VII, 30.03.2024 ý. № 97-VII Türkmenistanyň Kanunlary esasynda girizilen üýtgetmeler we goşmaçalar bilen)

    Vet Law, heading · Checked

Small-flock welfare minimums

Rule identified for the scope below

Jurisdiction: Turkmenistan

Applies to: Cruel treatment of animals that causes their death, forced slaughter or serious injury, and torturing animals, lead to a warning or a fine (Administrative Offences Code, art. 178). Animal owners must regularly meet veterinary-sanitary requirements to ensure high-quality livestock products (Law on Veterinary Affairs, art. 17(2), item 3).

Outside this finding's scope

  • No space, housing or feeding standards for small flocks were found in the texts read.

The official wording

  • Haýwanlara rehimsiz garalmagy, eger bu haýwanlaryň ölmegine, mejbury soýulmagyna ýa-da agyr şikes almagyna getirse, şonuň ýaly-da haýwanlaryň horlanylmagy - duýduryş berilmegine ýa-da binýatlyk mukdaryň 0,5 bölegine çenli möçberde jerime salynmagyna eltýär.

    Administrative Offences Code, art. 178 · Checked

  • 2-nji madda. Türkmenistanyň Administratiw hukuk bozulmalary hakynda kodeksini 2014-nji ýylyň 1-nji ýanwaryndan güýje girizmeli.

    Law approving the Code, art. 2 · Checked

  • (2026-njy ýylyň 11-nji aprelindäki Türkmenistanyň Kanunynyň redaksiýasynda – Türkmenistanyň Mejlisiniň Maglumatlary, 2026 ý., № ..., ...-nji madda)

    Code page, redaction note after art. 86¹ (another article; shows the page's notes run to April 2026) · Checked

  • 1. Döwlet weterinariýa gözegçiligi edaralary şu Kodeksiň 175-nji maddasynyň birinji, ikinji, dördünji we bäşinji böleklerinde, 176–178-nji maddalarynda we 365-nji maddasynyň ikinji böleginde göz öňünde tutulan administratiw hukuk bozulmalary barada işlere seredýärler.

    Administrative Offences Code, art. 464(1) · Checked

  • ýerde-suwda ýaşaýanlar, süýrenijiler, guşlar, süýdemdirijiler);

    Vet Law, art. 1(10) (closing words) · Checked

  • 2. Haýwanlaryň eýeleri şu aşakdakylara borçludyr:

    Vet Law, art. 17(2) (lead-in) · Checked

  • 3) ýokary hilli maldarçylyk önümleriniň öndürilmegini üpjün etmek maksady bilen weterinariýa-sanitariýanyň talaplaryny yzygiderli berjaý etmäge;

    Vet Law, art. 17(2), item 3 · Checked

National rules on keeping poultry

Not established from the sources checked

Jurisdiction: Turkmenistan

Applies to: Keeping livestock and birds in cities and other settlements.

Outside this finding's scope

  • The keeping rules that Code art. 179 refers to, and who makes them, were not found in the texts read.

What the checked sources say

  • Breaking the rules for keeping livestock, birds, predatory and other animals in cities and other settlements leads to a warning or a fine (Administrative Offences Code, art. 179(1)).
  • Local executive bodies and local self-government bodies inspect owners' compliance with veterinary-sanitary requirements for keeping, caring for and feeding animals (Law on Veterinary Affairs, art. 8, item 2).
  • The Ministry of Agriculture approves veterinary-sanitary norms and rules (Law on Veterinary Affairs, arts. 5 and 6¹, item 5).
  • Selling or buying bread, flour, groats and other food from shops to feed livestock or birds, and feeding such shop-bought products to them, leads to a fine (Administrative Offences Code, art. 324).
  • Administrative commissions of etraps, cities, towns and geňeşliks hear cases under art. 179 (Administrative Offences Code, art. 446(1)-(2)).

The official wording

  • 1. Şäherlerde we beýleki ilatly ýerlerde mallary, guşlary, ýyrtyjy we beýleki haýwanlary saklamak kadalarynyň bozulmagy - duýduryş berilmegine ýa-da fiziki şahslara binýatlyk mukdaryň birisine, wezipeli adamlara – üçüsine çenli möçberde jerime salynmagyna eltýär.

    Administrative Offences Code, art. 179(1) · Checked

  • 2-nji madda. Türkmenistanyň Administratiw hukuk bozulmalary hakynda kodeksini 2014-nji ýylyň 1-nji ýanwaryndan güýje girizmeli.

    Law approving the Code, art. 2 · Checked

  • (2026-njy ýylyň 11-nji aprelindäki Türkmenistanyň Kanunynyň redaksiýasynda – Türkmenistanyň Mejlisiniň Maglumatlary, 2026 ý., № ..., ...-nji madda)

    Code page, redaction note after art. 86¹ (another article; shows the page's notes run to April 2026) · Checked

  • Dükanlardan mala ýa-da guşa bermek üçin çöregiň, unuň, ýarmanyň hem-de beýleki azyk önümleriniň satylmagy ýa-da satyn alynmagy, şonuň ýaly-da dükanlardan satyn alnan bu önümleriň mala ýa-da guşa berilmegi -

    Administrative Offences Code, art. 324 (offence words) · Checked

  • fiziki şahslara binýatlyk mukdarynyň birisine, wezipeli adamlara – birisinden ikisine çenli möçberde jerime salynmagyna eltýär.

    Administrative Offences Code, art. 324 (penalty words) · Checked

  • Ýerine ýetiriji häkimiýetiň ýerli edaralary we ýerli öz-özüňi dolandyryş edaralary özleriniň garamagyndaky çäklerde:

    Vet Law, art. 8 (lead-in) · Checked

  • 2) eýeleri tarapyndan haýwanlary saklamagyň, idetmegiň, iýmitlendirmegiň weterinariýa-sanitariýa talaplarynyň berjaý edilişine gözegçilik barlagyny amala aşyrýarlar we epizootiýa garşy çäreleriň geçirilmegine ýardam edýärler;

    Vet Law, art. 8, item 2 · Checked

  • Türkmenistanyň Oba hojalyk ministrligi (mundan beýläk – ygtyýarlandyrylan edara)

    Vet Law, art. 5 (words) · Checked

  • 5) weterinariýa işi babatda kadalaşdyryjy-tehniki resminamalary (weterinariýa-sanitariýa kadalary, düzgünleri, gözükdirijileri, gollanmalary) tassyklaýar;

    Vet Law, art. 6¹, item 5 · Checked

  • 1. Etraplaryň, etrap hukukly şäherleriň administratiw toparlary şu Kodeksiň 83–85-nji maddalarynda, 86-njy maddasynyň birinji, ikinji, üçünji we bäşinji böleklerinde, 87-nji, 92-nji, 921-nji, 94-nji, 941-nji, 99-njy, 991-njy, 1031-nji, 108-nji (gazylyp alynýan peýdaly magdanlar işlenilip çykarylmaýan halatynda edilen administratiw hukuk bozulmalar üçin), 141-nji, 154-nji, 159-njy, 161–167-nji, 179-njy,

    Administrative Offences Code, art. 446(1) (opening words) · Checked

  • 2. Etrapdaky şäherleriň, şäherçeleriň we geňeşlikleriň administratiw toparlary şu Kodeksiň 94-nji, 159-njy, 161-nji, 179-njy,

    Administrative Offences Code, art. 446(2) (opening words) · Checked

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Common questions

Do I have to register backyard chickens in Turkmenistan?
Registration: no rule identified. The finding covers: Animal owners and local bodies under the Law on Veterinary Affairs; domestic birds are among the animals under veterinary supervision (art. 1(18)). Outside this finding's scope: No register of poultry keepers was identified in the texts read. Whether a backyard flock counts as a poultry farm (hojalyk) under art. 1(19) was not established. Authority: State Veterinary Service under the Ministry of Agriculture of Turkmenistan and its local bodies; local executive and self-government bodies for the annual record of animals.
Can I keep chickens in my backyard in Turkmenistan?
The national sources we read don't settle it, though they name the bodies shown under “National rules on keeping poultry” on this page. Check your local rules before you get hens.
Do I have to keep my hens indoors for bird flu in Turkmenistan?
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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