Can I take my chickens to a poultry show or swap in Kansas?

We found no current order on poultry shows or sales in Kansas on October 15, 2026. That is what the official pages showed, not an all-clear; check with the Kansas Department of Agriculture before an event.

What do I need to bring chickens or hatching eggs into Kansas?

Unknown from readable sources. KDA's poultry import requirements (its website) and the K.A.R. 9-7 regulations (Secretary of State) were both blocked. The import statute K.S.A. 47-607 lists cattle, calves, sheep, swine, horses, mules, goats, domesticated deer, ratites 'or any other animal that may be used in the preparation of meat'; it does not name poultry, and whether its 'any other animal that may be used in the preparation of meat' wording covers poultry is not stated; 47-607a lets the commissioner require a special permit for any class of livestock from designated states. Do not present Kansas entry as unrestricted.

Who do I call about sick or dead birds in Kansas?

Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Division of Animal Health (Animal Health Commissioner). Report sick or dying birds there or to USDA at 1-866-536-7593. This page is not veterinary advice; follow your state veterinarian.

How current is this page?

We read Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Division of Animal Health (Animal Health Commissioner)'s notices on October 14, 2026. Whether each order is in force is worked out from its dates every time the page is rebuilt, at least once an hour, so an order never shows as in force after it ends.

Draft, not yet verified. This page is built from research that is still being checked against its sources. Don't rely on it yet.

Flock Status · Kansas

Bird flu rules for backyard flocks in Kansas

Standing rules only · October 15, 2026

We found no bird-flu order covering Kansas or any of its areas today. Its standing rules for bringing birds in and showing them still apply.

Read from 5 official sources8 passages quotedChecked on October 14, 2026

Today

Standing rules only

Bird-flu orders in force

None found

APHIS detections, 30 days

None listed

Report sick birds

See below

Not veterinary advice: follow your state veterinarian. This is a sourced reading of official notices, dated when we read them. Orders can change overnight, so confirm with Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Division of Animal Health (Animal Health Commissioner) before you move, show or sell birds.

Current situation

What the agency's own pages and tables showed when we checked, with the line each comes from.

APHIS lists 10 Kansas flock detections in 2026 (January 2 to March 9); every control area shown is released, the latest release being Pottawatomie 03 on March 13, 2026, and the two later rows (Sedgwick 04 and 05, WOAH non-poultry) have no control area. KDA's own pages could not be read, so no state order is confirmed either way.
- Feb 24, 2026Pottawatomie CountyCommercial Table Egg Breeder24,000 birdscontrol area released Mar 13, 2026
  USDA APHIS · publicdashboards.dl.usda.gov · Pottawatomie 03 row
- Mar 9, 2026Sedgwick CountyBackyard (Non-Poultry)80 birdsno control area listed
  USDA APHIS · publicdashboards.dl.usda.gov · last Kansas row

In force today

Worked out from each notice's dates for October 15, 2026. Bird-flu orders come first, then the standing rules.

Standing ruleControl zones and quarantine

The Animal Health Commissioner may set quarantines and rules to stop contagious disease spreading among domestic animals

A wide quarantine is proclaimed by the governor in the Kansas Register, a limited one by the commissioner's own notice

No end date in the source

Statewide · quarantines set by the Animal Health Commissioner · Birds: domestic animals (the statute's term)

Governor's proclamation published in the Kansas Register announces the boundary and the commissioner's orders (47-611(a))
For a quarantine limited in extent, the commissioner may skip the proclamation and give the notice the commissioner deems sufficient (47-611(a))
No current Kansas bird-flu quarantine could be checked: KDA's site and the Kansas Register were blocked (see Current situation)
The statute does not define 'domestic animals' or say whether it includes poultry.

Rule: K.S.A. 47-611, Quarantine and other regulations; notice of quarantine; proclamation by governor · Kansas Legislature (Office of Revisor of Statutes)

What the rule says (2 passages)

“When the animal health commissioner determines that a quarantine and other regulations are necessary to prevent the spread among domestic animals of any contagious or infectious disease, the commissioner shall notify the governor of such determination, and the governor shall issue a proclamation announcing the boundary of such quarantine and the orders and rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner.”
Kansas Legislature (Office of Revisor of Statutes) · ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 47-611(a)
“the commissioner, if the area affected by the quarantine is limited in extent, may dispense with the proclamation of the governor and give such notice as the commissioner shall deem sufficient to make the quarantine effective.”
Kansas Legislature (Office of Revisor of Statutes) · ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 47-611(a)

How to reportReporting sick birds

Kansas law requires the owner or keeper of any domestic animal believed to have a contagious or infectious disease to report it immediately to the Animal Health Commissioner

No end date in the source

Statewide · Birds: domestic animals (the statute's term)

Applies to the owner or person in charge, and to anyone who discovers such a disease in another person's domestic animals
KDA's report phone and any online form could not be read (KDA site blocked)
The statute does not define 'domestic animals' or say whether it includes poultry.

Rule: K.S.A. 47-622, Report of diseases to animal health commissioner · Kansas Legislature (Office of Revisor of Statutes)

What the rule says (1 passage)

“It shall be the duty of the owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals who discovers, or has reason to believe that any domestic animal owned by such person or in such person's charge or keeping is affected with any contagious or infectious disease, to immediately report such fact or belief to the animal health commissioner.”
Kansas Legislature (Office of Revisor of Statutes) · ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 47-622

Bringing birds or hatching eggs into Kansas

We couldn't read Kansas's entry rules: check with Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Division of Animal Health (Animal Health Commissioner) before you bring birds or hatching eggs in. We couldn't read them with our tools; that doesn't mean there are no rules.

What the entry rules say

“When the animal health commissioner of this state determines that a special permit is required to move any or all kinds or species of livestock into or through the state of Kansas”
Kansas Department of Agriculture · ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 47-607a
“or any other animal that may be used in the preparation of meat or meat products into the state of Kansas, without first having caused such animal or animals to be inspected and passed under certificate of health as required by the animal health commissioner of this state.”
Kansas Department of Agriculture · ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 47-607(a)

Federal rules apply on top for any move across a state line: official ID and a health certificate or NPIP paperwork.

Sick or dead birds? Who to call

Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Division of Animal Health (Animal Health Commissioner)

The agency's bird flu page

“to immediately report such fact or belief to the animal health commissioner.”
Kansas Legislature (Office of Revisor of Statutes) · ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 47-622

Recent detections in Kansas

USDA APHIS lists no confirmed bird-flu detections in Kansas flocks in the 30 days to October 14, 2026. Latest detection in the APHIS data: October 9, 2026. The national picture

Common questions

Is there a bird flu order in Kansas right now?: We found no bird-flu order covering Kansas or any of its areas today. Its standing rules for bringing birds in and showing them still apply.
Can I take my chickens to a poultry show or swap in Kansas?: We found no current order on poultry shows or sales in Kansas on October 15, 2026. That is what the official pages showed, not an all-clear; check with the Kansas Department of Agriculture before an event.
What do I need to bring chickens or hatching eggs into Kansas?: Unknown from readable sources. KDA's poultry import requirements (its website) and the K.A.R. 9-7 regulations (Secretary of State) were both blocked. The import statute K.S.A. 47-607 lists cattle, calves, sheep, swine, horses, mules, goats, domesticated deer, ratites 'or any other animal that may be used in the preparation of meat'; it does not name poultry, and whether its 'any other animal that may be used in the preparation of meat' wording covers poultry is not stated; 47-607a lets the commissioner require a special permit for any class of livestock from designated states. Do not present Kansas entry as unrestricted.
Who do I call about sick or dead birds in Kansas?: Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Division of Animal Health (Animal Health Commissioner). Report sick or dying birds there or to USDA at 1-866-536-7593. This page is not veterinary advice; follow your state veterinarian.
How current is this page?: We read Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Division of Animal Health (Animal Health Commissioner)'s notices on October 14, 2026. Whether each order is in force is worked out from its dates every time the page is rebuilt, at least once an hour, so an order never shows as in force after it ends.

Sources

Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Division of Animal Health (Animal Health Commissioner): bird flu page. Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Division of Animal Health (Animal Health Commissioner).
K.S.A. 47-622, Report of diseases to animal health commissioner. Kansas Legislature (Office of Revisor of Statutes).
K.S.A. 47-611, Quarantine and other regulations; notice of quarantine; proclamation by governor. Kansas Legislature (Office of Revisor of Statutes).
K.S.A. 47-607a. Kansas Department of Agriculture.
K.S.A. 47-607(a). Kansas Department of Agriculture.
Pottawatomie 03 row. USDA APHIS.

We read each document ourselves and last checked this page against them on October 14, 2026. Where they disagree, we show you the disagreement instead of picking a winner quietly.

What we couldn't confirm

KDA Division of Animal Health site is refused by Akamai to plain requests; its avian influenza page, poultry import requirements, any 2025-2026 show or sale guidance, control-area notices and report phone are unread. This record has no agency-level rules.
K.A.R. 9-7 (animal health regulations) and the Kansas Register (where wide quarantines are proclaimed) sit behind an AWS WAF challenge on sos.ks.gov; unread.
K.S.A. 47-622 and 47-611 use 'domestic animals', which these sections do not define; the record does not claim the words cover poultry beyond the statutory text.
K.S.A. 47-1001's definition of 'livestock' (including domestic poultry and waterfowl) applies 'as used in this act' (the public livestock market act), so it is not used to read poultry into 47-607 or 47-607a.
New World screwworm: whether KDA has a 2026 NWS entry order covering poultry is unknown; KDA's site is blocked.
APHIS detections: USDA's own Tableau export (publicdashboards.dl.usda.gov), filtered to Kansas by the fetcher.

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