Can chickens be raised in the community?

According to local regulations, it is usually forbidden to raise chickens in urban areas. Taking Qinzhou City as an example, according to the Circular on Prohibition of Livestock and Poultry Breeding in Urban Areas, it is forbidden to raise chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, sheep, pigs and other livestock and poultry in urban areas. Feeding for special needs such as teaching and scientific research must be approved by the competent administrative department of environmental sanitation.

Within 5 days from the date of promulgation of this circular, all units and individuals that breed livestock and poultry in livestock and poultry ban areas must stop breeding activities, handle livestock and poultry breeding by themselves, and dismantle farms and facilities.

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Government units organize joint law enforcement inspections, and units and individuals that fail to clean up and dismantle farms and facilities by themselves within the time limit will have their livestock and poultry confiscated, and farms and facilities will be forcibly dismantled and fined.

Four, all units and the general public should actively support and cooperate with the livestock and poultry farms to clean up and rectify the work, and shall not interfere with or hinder law enforcement officers from performing their official duties. Depending on the seriousness of the case, the public security organ shall give corresponding punishment in accordance with the provisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law. If it constitutes an illegal crime, it shall be transferred to judicial organs for criminal responsibility according to law.

Qinzhou Municipal Government-Notice on Prohibition of Raising Livestock and Poultry in Urban Areas