Can you keep chickens in Township of Bass River, NJ?

The rules at a glance

Good to know

• The acreage minimum in the same section applies only to horses and cows.
• The code adopts Rutgers Leaflet 501, Recommended Guidelines for Home Animal Agriculture in Residential Areas, as the standard for keeping animals and fowl.
• Manure piles must be 100 ft from property lines and homes and no larger than 200 sq ft; animal fencing must be 10 ft from property lines.
• Owners can ask the township board of health for a waiver after giving 10 days' notice to neighbors within 200 ft.

What about ducks?

Ducks follow the same rule as chickens. Any building housing fowl must sit at least 50 feet from property lines and 100 feet from neighboring homes, and birds cannot be kept within 10 feet of a property line.

§ 6.04.010A-B: "No stable, outhouse, building or accessory building used for the keeping or housing of animals or fowl shall be located within fifty (50) feet of any property line" Duck coops we build.

Building a coop in Township of Bass River?

Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Burlington 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.