Can you keep chickens in Borough of Gibbsboro, NJ?
Only on larger lots. Gibbsboro's zoning says chickens are not household pets, so they can be kept only on 2 acres or more with the coop at least 150 feet from lot lines and homes.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No stated limit |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | 150 ft from property lines and from any occupied building |
| Lot size | Min. 2 acres |
| Rule adopted | Feb 1983 |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- The zoning definition of household pet expressly excludes chickens and ducks.
- Animals other than household pets need a shelter on a tract of 2 acres or more, fenced at least 4 ft high.
- Keeping animals to sell them or their by-products (such as eggs) is prohibited in all zones.
- The Animals chapter (Ch. 96) and the Board of Health nuisance chapter (Ch. 432) have no chicken rules.
What about ducks?
Only on larger lots, same as chickens. Gibbsboro's zoning says chickens and ducks are not household pets, so they can be kept only on 2 acres or more with the coop at least 150 feet from lot lines and homes.
§ 400-3B; § 400-7P and Q: "live within a dwelling such as chickens, ducks, pigs and undomesticized wildlife are not" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Gibbsboro?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Camden 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 Camden County towns
Compare them side by side in the Camden County table.
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