Can you keep chickens in Township of Alexandria, NJ?
Alexandria allows poultry only on a lot of at least 3 acres, capped at 50 fowl per acre on lots under 10 acres, with poultry shelters set well back from lot lines.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 50 fowl per acre on lots under 10 acres |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Zoning permit for the use generally; no poultry-specific permit |
| Coop setback | Animal shed and manure storage at least 100 ft from any property line, street, or dwelling; other farm buildings at least 75 ft |
| Lot size | Minimum 3 acres to keep poultry |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Keeping livestock, horses, or poultry is limited to lots of at least 3 acres.
- Poultry sits within the A-1 Agriculture and Horticulture use.
- No rooster-specific rule appears in the code.
What about ducks?
Ducks are treated like chickens. Alexandria limits poultry to lots of at least three acres, with no more than 50 fowl per acre on lots under 10 acres.
§ 115-22A(1)(c): "The keeping of livestock, horses or poultry shall be limited to lots of at least three acres in area and shall be limited to one head of livestock or horse or 50 fowl per acre on lots less than 10 acres in area." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Alexandria?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Hunterdon County and all of New Jersey, sized to your flock and built to your town's rules.
In an HOA? The town allowing hens is not the same as your association allowing them. What an HOA can and cannot stop.
New to this? Start with how to raise chickens in NJ, or what a coop costs.
Chicken rules in nearby Hunterdon County towns
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