Can you keep backyard chickens in Ukraine?
Registration: conditions apply, for the keepers covered below, in the laws read (editions of 18 January 2025 and 1 March 2026; each finding gives its date). What we found on bird flu, welfare and the keeping rule follows, including what we couldn't establish.
Read from 4 official sources22 passages quotedChecked October 29, 2026
At a glance
Registering your flock
National keeping rule
Bird-flu housing orders
Welfare rules
A sourced reading of national law in Ukraine, 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: Ukraine
Applies to: Operators of livestock facilities keeping domestic land animals; domestic poultry include birds kept for table eggs.
Outside this finding's scope
- Read in the law's 18 January 2025 edition (archive copy of 6 March 2025), which says the law comes into operation on 1 September 2025. That copy predates that date, and the legislation portal shows the animal-protection law's edition based on this law taking effect on 1 March 2026, so when this law came into operation and its current wording were not established. The registration procedure and the current animal identification law (edition of 2 March 2026) were not checked.
What the checked sources say
- Livestock facilities keeping domestic land animals are registered in the State register.
- A household plot's livestock facility may be registered without an application.
- Registration is free.
Thresholds
- No flock-size threshold was quoted.
Authority: Territorial bodies of the competent authority
Fee: Free of charge (Law 1206-IX Art. 44(4)).
The official wording
1. Державній реєстрації підлягають тваринницькі потужності, призначені для утримання, розведення, вирощування свійських наземних тварин, бджіл, об’єктів аквакультури, збору, виробництва, переробки репродуктивного матеріалу, а також інші тваринницькі потужності, що не підлягають затвердженню відповідно до статті 43 цього Закону.
Закон № 1206-IX, ст. 44 ч. 1 · Checked
Державна реєстрація тваринницької потужності особистого селянського господарства може здійснюватися без подання відповідної заяви, в порядку, визначеному частиною шістнадцятою цієї статті.
Закон № 1206-IX, ст. 44 ч. 6, абз. 2 · Checked
4. Державна реєстрація тваринницьких потужностей та операторів ринку здійснюється територіальним органом компетентного органу шляхом внесення відомостей про них до Державного реєстру тваринницьких потужностей та операторів ринку на безоплатній основі.
125) свійська птиця - птахи, які вирощуються та утримуються з метою: а) виробництва м’яса, харчових яєць та інших продуктів;
Закон № 1206-IX, ст. 1 ч. 1 п. 125 (first purpose) · Checked
1. Цей Закон набирає чинності з дня, наступного за днем його опублікування, та вводиться в дію з 1 вересня 2025 року, крім:
Закон № 1206-IX, Прикінцеві та перехідні положення, п. 1 (lead-in) · Checked
чинний , поточна редакція — Редакція від 02.03.2026 , підстава - 4718-IX
Rada portal card of Law 1445-VI (archive copy of 7 Aug 2026) · Checked
чинний , поточна редакція — Редакція від 01.03.2026 , підстава - 1206-IX
Rada portal document header (archive copy of 1 Mar 2026) · Checked
Bird-flu housing orders
Current status needs rechecking
Check the official current-status pageOrders can change between checks. A missed check or an expired order does not establish that no order applies.
Housing-order finding as checked on 2026-10-29
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: Ukraine
Applies to: Quarantine measures for notifiable animal diseases, which include highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Outside this finding's scope
- No indoor-keeping (housing) measure for bird flu was found in the texts read; the law was read in its 18 January 2025 edition (archive copy of 6 March 2025), made before the law came into operation.
What the checked sources say
- The State Emergency Anti-Epizootic Commission at the Cabinet of Ministers and local commissions decide quarantine measures, including movement bans and other biosecurity measures.
- 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.
1. Для локалізації, контролю та ліквідації хвороби тварин, що підлягає повідомленню, Державна надзвичайна протиепізоотична комісія при Кабінеті Міністрів України, місцеві державні надзвичайні протиепізоотичні комісії приймають рішення про застосування таких карантинних заходів (карантинних обмежень):
Закон № 1206-IX, ст. 32 ч. 1 (lead-in) · Checked
4) заборона або обмеження переміщення в межах та/або за межі неблагополучного пункту (спалаху хвороби), зони захисту, у разі необхідності - також зони спостереження та буферної зони будь-яких тварин,
18) застосування інших заходів біологічної безпеки у порядку, передбаченому законом, з метою запобігання поширенню хвороби тварин, що підлягає повідомленню.
Закон № 1206-IX, ст. 32 ч. 1 п. 18 · Checked
4) чума (високопатогенний грип) птиці;
Закон № 1206-IX, ст. 20 ч. 1 п. 4 · Checked
Високопатогенний грип птиці (ВПГП)
Держпродспоживслужба, 'Епізоотична ситуація на території України' (link list) · Checked
Small-flock welfare minimums
Rule identified for the scope below
Jurisdiction: Ukraine
Applies to: Individuals and legal entities keeping animals, including animals kept in agriculture.
Outside this finding's scope
- Read in the animal-protection law's edition of 1 March 2026, which the legislation portal showed being replaced by a new edition on 2 March 2026 (not read), and in the veterinary law's 18 January 2025 edition, made before that law came into operation.
What the checked sources say
- Keeping conditions must suit the animals' species and traits and meet their needs for food, water, sleep, movement and natural activity.
- Owners must not cause animals unnecessary pain, suffering or injury (veterinary medicine law, read in its 18 January 2025 edition).
The official wording
Дія цього Закону поширюється на відносини, що виникають у зв'язку з утриманням тварин та поводженням із ними фізичних та юридичних осіб, з урахуванням вимог щодо благополуччя тварин, визначених Законом України "Про ветеринарну медицину".
Закон № 3447-IV, ст. 3, абз. 1 · Checked
Умови використання та утримання тварин у сільському господарстві повинні відповідати їх фізіологічним, видовим, породним та індивідуальним особливостям, притаманним для цього виду тварин, а також задовольняти їхні природні потреби в харчуванні, воді, сні, рухах, у природній активності та інші потреби, притаманні для цього роду тварин та породи.
Закон № 3447-IV, ст. 21 ч. 4 · Checked
Умови утримання тварин повинні задовольняти їх природні потреби в їжі, воді, сні, рухах, контактах із собі подібними, у природній активності та інші потреби.
Закон № 3447-IV, ст. 7, абз. 2 · Checked
чинний , поточна редакція — Редакція від 01.03.2026 , підстава - 1206-IX
Rada portal document header (archive copy of 1 Mar 2026) · Checked
Остання подія — Редакція , відбудеться 02.03.2026 , підстава - 4718-IX
Rada portal document header, 'Остання подія' line after the status line (archive copy of 1 Mar 2026) · Checked
1. Власники (утримувачі) тварин зобов’язані не завдавати тваринам зайвого болю, страждань, травм, а також забезпечувати дотримання інших вимог законодавства про ветеринарну медицину та благополуччя тварин.
Закон № 1206-IX, ст. 36 ч. 1 · Checked
National rules on keeping poultry
No rule identified in this research
Jurisdiction: Ukraine
Applies to: Keeping chickens at home.
Outside this finding's scope
- No national rule on where chickens may be kept was identified in the texts read; this is not permission to keep chickens.
- Read in the animal-protection law's edition of 1 March 2026, which the legislation portal showed being replaced by a new edition on 2 March 2026 (not read).
What the checked sources say
- Local self-government bodies set rules for keeping domestic animals; the same law defines farm animals as animals kept to obtain animal products, so whether those local rules reach chickens kept for eggs was not established.
- How to check: the local self-government body's rules for keeping domestic animals, and whether they cover chickens.
The official wording
Правила утримання домашніх тварин установлюються органами місцевого самоврядування.
Закон № 3447-IV, ст. 9 ч. 2 · Checked
сільськогосподарські тварини - тварини, що утримуються та розводяться людиною для отримання продуктів і сировини тваринного походження;
Закон № 3447-IV, ст. 1 (definition) · Checked
домашні тварини - собаки, коти та інші тварини, що протягом тривалого історичного періоду традиційно утримуються і розводяться людиною, а також тварини видів чи порід, штучно виведених людиною для задоволення естетичних потреб і потреб у спілкуванні,
Остання подія — Редакція , відбудеться 02.03.2026 , підстава - 4718-IX
Rada portal document header, 'Остання подія' line after the status line (archive copy of 1 Mar 2026) · Checked
This does not establish that keeping is unrestricted or that all rules are local.
More countries we've checked
- AlbaniaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- AlgeriaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Antigua and BarbudaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- ArgentinaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- ArmeniaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- AustriaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- AzerbaijanRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- BahrainRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- BangladeshRegistration: not establishedNot established
- BarbadosRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- BelgiumRegistration: requiredRequired; home-use flocks not established
- BeninRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- BotswanaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- BrazilRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- BruneiRegistration: no rule identifiedSet locally
- BurundiRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Cabo VerdeRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- CameroonRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- ChileRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- ChinaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- ColombiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Costa RicaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- CroatiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- CubaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- CzechiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- DenmarkRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- Dominican RepublicRegistration: not establishedNot established
- EcuadorRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- EgyptRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- El SalvadorRegistration: not establishedNot established
- EswatiniRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- EthiopiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Faroe IslandsRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- FinlandRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- FranceRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- GambiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Georgia (country)Registration: egg-laying enterprises need National Food Agency authorization; whether that reaches a household keeping hens only for its own eggs was not establishedEgg enterprises need authorization; household use unclear
- GermanyRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- GhanaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- GreeceRegistration: not establishedNot established
- GreenlandRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- GuatemalaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- GuineaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- GuyanaRegistration: no rule identifiedSet locally
- HungaryRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- IcelandRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- IndonesiaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- IrelandRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- ItalyRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- JamaicaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- JapanRegistration: a yearly report to the prefecture is requiredYearly report required
- JerseyRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- JordanRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- KenyaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- LaosRegistration: not establishedNot established
- LatviaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- LiechtensteinRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- MalaysiaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- MaldivesRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- MaliRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- MaltaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- MauritaniaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- MauritiusRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- MexicoRegistration: not establishedNot established
- MonacoRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- MontenegroRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- MoroccoRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- NepalRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- NetherlandsRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- New ZealandRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- NicaraguaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- NigeriaRegistration: not establishedNot established
- North MacedoniaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- NorwayRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- OmanRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- PakistanRegistration: not establishedNot established
- PalestineRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- ParaguayRegistration: no rule identifiedSet locally
- PeruRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- PhilippinesRegistration: not establishedNot established
- PolandRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- PortugalRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- RomaniaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- RussiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- RwandaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Saint LuciaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- Saudi ArabiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- SenegalRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- SingaporeRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- SlovakiaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- SloveniaRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- South AfricaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- SpainRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- Sri LankaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- SudanRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- SwedenRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- SwitzerlandRegistration: requiredRegistration required
- TaiwanRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- TanzaniaRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- ThailandRegistration: not establishedNot established
- Timor-LesteRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- TogoRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- TongaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- Trinidad and TobagoRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- TürkiyeRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- TurkmenistanRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- TuvaluRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- UgandaRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- United Arab EmiratesRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- UruguayRegistration: conditions applyRegistration: conditions
- UzbekistanRegistration: no rule identifiedNot established
- VietnamRegistration: requiredRequired from 20 chickens (2023 list)
- ZambiaRegistration: not establishedSet locally
- ZimbabweRegistration: not establishedNot established
Common questions
- Do I have to register backyard chickens in Ukraine?
- Registration: conditions apply. The finding covers: Operators of livestock facilities keeping domestic land animals; domestic poultry include birds kept for table eggs. No flock-size threshold was quoted. Outside this finding's scope: Read in the law's 18 January 2025 edition (archive copy of 6 March 2025), which says the law comes into operation on 1 September 2025. That copy predates that date, and the legislation portal shows the animal-protection law's edition based on this law taking effect on 1 March 2026, so when this law came into operation and its current wording were not established. The registration procedure and the current animal identification law (edition of 2 March 2026) were not checked. Authority: Territorial bodies of the competent authority.
- Can I keep chickens in my backyard in Ukraine?
- 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 Ukraine?
- Housing orders come and go, so we never show one as current. This page links the official status page to check today.
