Can you keep chickens in Borough of Eatontown, NJ?

The rules at a glance

Good to know

• The hen count follows lot size: 5 hens at 5,000 square feet, rising one hen per additional 1,000 square feet, to 12 hens at 12,000 square feet and up.
• The applicant must show proof of an in-person class on keeping poultry. Online classes do not count.
• Renters need written permission from the owner, and the permit ends when the owner or tenant changes.
• Coop needs 3 square feet per bird plus an attached run of 5 square feet per bird; no slaughtering, no selling.

What about ducks?

Unclear. Eatontown's backyard rule covers female chickens only and says nothing about ducks; poultry otherwise shows up only as a farm use. Ask the Zoning Officer.

§ 89-32M: "Chickens may be kept and maintained on single-family residential lots as an accessory use on lots less than five acres, provided a zoning permit is first obtained from the Zoning Officer" Duck coops we build.

Building a coop in Borough of Eatontown?

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