Can you keep chickens in Borough of Englishtown, NJ?
Yes, up to five hens per residential lot. Roosters are banned, and the birds have to stay in a roofed coop with a fully enclosed, covered run.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 5 hens |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | Not specified |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Rule adopted | March 2026 |
| Ducks | Not allowed |
Good to know
- All other livestock is banned borough-wide, in every zone. Chickens are the one exception.
- The code defines a chicken as a hen, so the five-bird cap is five hens.
- The run must be chain-link, metal wire or mesh, with fence or netting overhead, and birds cannot roam loose.
- All feeding has to happen inside the coop, not in the run.
What about ducks?
No. Englishtown bans keeping livestock, which its code defines to include ducks; only up to five hens are exempt.
§ 620-29.1B, C: "No person shall keep, breed or raise livestock, except for chickens, within the boundaries of Englishtown Borough" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Englishtown?
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.
Chicken rules in nearby Monmouth County towns
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