Can you keep chickens in Borough of Branchville, NJ?
Branchville, our home town, has no chicken ordinance on the books. The animal code covers only dogs, street-pasturing, wildlife feeding, and pet waste, and the residential zoning is a closed permitted-use list that names horses but never chickens, so confirm with the borough before you build.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Unclear |
| Hens | Not specified |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | Not specified |
| Lot size | Not specified |
Good to know
- Chapter 59 (Dogs and Other Animals) addresses dogs, wildlife feeding, and pet waste, and bars pasturing hoofed animals on public streets, but says nothing about poultry.
- Residential zoning (§ 123-9) is a closed permitted-use list; the only animal accessory use spelled out is keeping the owner's horses.
- With no rule on the books, check directly with the Branchville Borough zoning office.
Building a coop in Borough of Branchville?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Sussex 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.
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