Keeping hens · National rules

Can you keep backyard chickens in Uzbekistan?

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

Read from 4 official sources20 passages quotedChecked October 30, 2026

At a glance

Registering your flock

Not established

National keeping rule

No rule identified

Bird-flu housing orders

Status needs rechecking

Welfare rules

Not established

A sourced reading of national law in Uzbekistan, 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 Uzbekistan

Applies to: People keeping chickens, including on household plots.

Outside this finding's scope

  • The national animal identification law, published on 6 August 2025 and in force one year after publication, requires the animals it defines to be identified and registered; its definition lists cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, camels, dogs and cats, not chickens.
  • Citizens' self-government bodies keep a register of household farms, including numbers of poultry, from information plot users give voluntarily; that is not a duty to register.
  • No other national registration duty for poultry keepers was found in the texts read; a Cabinet of Ministers identification regulation referred to on the same page was not read.

Authority: Not established from the sources checked.

Fee: Not established from the sources checked.

The official wording

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 2026-10-30

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 Uzbekistan

Applies to: Animal owners in areas declared affected by a contagious animal disease.

Outside this finding's scope

  • No rule on keeping poultry indoors during bird flu was found in the texts read.

What the checked sources say

  • When outbreaks of contagious animal diseases are found, affected areas and restrictive measures (quarantine) are set by decisions of the Council of Ministers of Karakalpakstan or the khokims of regions, Tashkent city, districts and cities on the proposal of the chief state veterinary inspectors, or by a Cabinet of Ministers resolution on the proposal of the Chief State Veterinary Inspector.
  • Restrictive measures can include a special regime for economic and other activity and limits on moving people, vehicles, cargo and goods.
  • Owners must promptly tell the local state veterinary service about sudden deaths or unusual behaviour of animals.
  • 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.

  • В случаях выявления очагов заразных болезней животных объявление определенных территорий Республики Каракалпакстан, областей, районов, городов, поселков, кишлаков, аулов неблагополучными пунктами и установление в них ограничительных мероприятий (карантина) производятся решениями Совета Министров Республики Каракалпакстан, хокимов областей и города Ташкента, районов и городов по представлению соответствующих главных государственных ветеринарных инспекторов

    Закон «О ветеринарии», ст. 28, ч. 1 (первая часть) · Checked

  • или постановлением Кабинета Министров Республики Узбекистан по представлению Главного государственного ветеринарного инспектора Республики Узбекистан.

    Закон «О ветеринарии», ст. 28, ч. 1 (окончание) · Checked

  • ограничительные мероприятия (карантин) — административные, противоэпизоотические и иные меры, направленные на локализацию и ликвидацию очагов заразных болезней животных, предотвращение их распространения, предусматривающие особый режим хозяйственной и другой деятельности, ограничение передвижения населения, транспортных средств, грузов и (или) товаров;

    Закон «О ветеринарии», ст. 3 (определение) · Checked

  • Владельцы животных, продукции и сырья животного происхождения обязаны:

    Закон «О ветеринарии», ст. 19, ч. 1 (вводные слова) · Checked

  • незамедлительно извещать государственную ветеринарную службу, обслуживающую данную территорию, о фактах внезапного падежа или необычного поведения животных;

    Закон «О ветеринарии», ст. 19, ч. 1 (абзац о падеже) · Checked

Small-flock welfare minimums

Not established from the sources checked

Jurisdiction: Republic of Uzbekistan

Applies to: Owners and keepers of animals.

Outside this finding's scope

  • Neither provision defines animals in the texts read; whether they reach backyard chickens was not established, and no poultry-specific welfare minimums were found.

What the checked sources say

  • Cruelty to animals, meaning torturing them or causing them suffering out of selfish or other base motives, is an administrative offence (Administrative Liability Code art. 111).
  • Owners of animals must keep animal premises and other structures in line with veterinary and veterinary-sanitary rules and norms (Veterinary Law art. 19).

The official wording

National rules on keeping poultry

No rule identified in this research

Jurisdiction: Republic of Uzbekistan

Applies to: Keeping poultry, including on household plots.

Outside this finding's scope

  • The household-plot law names poultry farming (chickens, quails, turkeys, geese, ducks) among household-plot activities and poultry among the property used in household farming, and requires plot users to follow ecological and sanitary requirements when growing agricultural products; no rule on where or how many chickens may be kept was found in it.
  • Breaking the rules for keeping animals in cities and other settlements is an administrative offence (Administrative Liability Code art. 110); who sets those rules and whether they cover poultry was not established.
  • Local (khokimiyat) rules were not researched; this is not permission to keep chickens anywhere.

The official wording

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

Selling eggs in Uzbekistan? →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 Uzbekistan?
Registration: no rule identified. The finding covers: People keeping chickens, including on household plots. Outside this finding's scope: The national animal identification law, published on 6 August 2025 and in force one year after publication, requires the animals it defines to be identified and registered; its definition lists cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, camels, dogs and cats, not chickens. Citizens' self-government bodies keep a register of household farms, including numbers of poultry, from information plot users give voluntarily; that is not a duty to register. No other national registration duty for poultry keepers was found in the texts read; a Cabinet of Ministers identification regulation referred to on the same page was not read.
Can I keep chickens in my backyard in Uzbekistan?
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 Uzbekistan?
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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