Can you keep chickens in Town of Boonton, NJ?
Boonton lets a resident keep up to 5 poultry with no permit, but roosters are banned outright and the 5-bird cap is absolute.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 5 poultry (hard cap) |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | None for 5 or fewer birds |
| Coop setback | Not specified (no coop setback in the animal chapter) |
| Lot size | Not specified |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- "Poultry" is defined broadly: chickens, roosters, hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, guinea fowl, and other fowl.
- No slaughtering of poultry in town.
- This is the Town of Boonton, distinct from Boonton Township.
What about ducks?
Yes. Boonton defines poultry to include ducks, so ducks count toward the same 5-bird cap per household.
§§ 80-1, 80-3F: "POULTRY Chickens, roosters, capons, hens, ducks, geese, pheasants, turkeys, pigeons, guinea fowl or all other fowl." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Town of Boonton?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Morris 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 Morris County towns
Compare them side by side in the Morris County table.
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