Can you keep chickens in Borough of Fair Lawn, NJ?
Fair Lawn lets residents keep up to 10 fowl with a $15 Health Department license. New roosters are banned, and birds must be confined to a coop at night.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 10 fowl |
| Roosters | New roosters prohibited (up to 2 pre-2023 roosters grandfathered) |
| Permit | Required ($15 license from the Health Department, renewed each June) |
| Coop setback | Not specified as a distance; runs must give 2 sq ft of non-impervious space per bird |
| Lot size | Not specified |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- "Fowl" is defined broadly (chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons, and more).
- Fowl must be coop-confined from dusk through the night and may roam the yard only in daylight.
- Governed by the animals chapter's article on keeping fowl.
What about ducks?
Yes, with a license. Fair Lawn's fowl definition includes ducks, so ducks count toward the same 10-bird limit and $15 Health Department license, with birds cooped at night.
Ch. 62 Art. VI, §§ 62-31, 62-32: "anseriformes (ducks, geese, and swans)" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Fair Lawn?
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In an HOA? The town allowing hens is not the same as your association allowing them. What an HOA can and cannot stop.
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