Can you keep chickens in Borough of Audubon Park, NJ?
Yes, with a license. Audubon Park allows up to 4 hens per household with a $10 yearly license and a required class, and only 30 licenses are issued at a time.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 4 per license |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Required: $10 annual license, plus a chicken-keeping class |
| Coop setback | Coop and run 20 ft from a neighbor's home, 5 ft from property lines |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Rule adopted | Aug 2025 |
| Ducks | Not addressed in the code |
Good to know
- Residents of single-family, twin and row homes are eligible; a Chicken Advisory Board reviews applications and complaints.
- Coops need 2 sq ft per bird, a maximum of 100 sq ft and 6.5 ft tall, plus an enclosed, predator-proof run.
- No slaughtering and no selling eggs.
- Adopted Aug. 4, 2025, making permanent the 2022 pilot program, which had expired.
What about ducks?
Audubon Park's ordinance allows backyard chickens only and does not address ducks, so ask the borough before keeping them.
Ordinance No. 2025-03: "the keeping of chickens and other fowl and livestock is not permitted by the Borough Code" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Audubon Park?
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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.
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