<p>The growth of poultry production in the country has been sustained and permanent in the last five years, because of institutional, organizational and technological strengthening; This means that Colombians are consuming more and more chicken meat and more eggs due to its ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­nutritional contribution, its excellent quality and low price. This article, through a bibliographic review, identified the history of poultry production in Colombia and the different environmental impacts involved. For which a search was carried out in different scientific databases, using a time range between 2013-2020, this time scale was delimited, because poultry farming has gained prominence in the country's agricultural sector. Regarding the impact generated by the poultry sector on the water resource, the main factors were the discharge of wastewater from production units, the excessive use in washing operations or by direct discharge without any treatment to water sources. Regarding the impact generated on the soil, it was found that it is due to the leachates generated by the inadequate storage of the chicken manure and the direct application of it to the soil without the adequate parameters for organic fertilizers. And finally, the impact to the air occurs in the decomposition process of the chicken manure with the accumulation of emitted gases such as: volatile acids, methane, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide; also, the respirable particles such as: bird dander, dust from beds and concentrate. In this sense, it is required that poultry production minimize environmental impacts, carrying out adequate environmental management in accordance with this livestock activity and its various factors involved: products and by-products, human resources, and ecosystem services.</p>