Can you keep chickens in Borough of Fieldsboro, NJ?
Yes, with limits. Fieldsboro residents may keep up to 20 chickens in a closed pen, with the coop at least 25 feet from a neighbor's doors or windows and 3 feet from the property line.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 20 chickens |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | Coop 25 ft from doors or windows of buildings on adjacent property; 3 ft from property lines |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Rule adopted | Dec 1973 |
| Ducks | Allowed with conditions |
Good to know
- Along with 20 chickens, a resident may keep 6 pigeons, 3 turkeys, 3 ducks and 3 geese.
- Housing must be fully enclosed, kept clean, ventilated and free of rats; birds left unattended must stay inside it.
- Manure must be stored in tightly covered containers or another way the Board of Health approves.
- Horses, cows, pigs, mules, goats, ponies and sheep are banned in the borough.
What about ducks?
Yes, but only three. Fieldsboro lets residents keep up to 3 ducks (versus 20 chickens) in a closed, sanitary pen, with the same housing rules as other fowl.
§ 56-12; § 56-13: "Residents of the Borough of Fieldsboro may keep in a closed pen and in a sanitary condition the following fowl: A. Twenty chickens. B. Six pigeons. C. Three turkeys. D. Three ducks." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Fieldsboro?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Burlington 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 Burlington County towns
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