Can you keep chickens in Borough of Glassboro, NJ?
Yes, with a license, but places are limited. Glassboro allows up to four chickens and no roosters for a $30 license, and the borough issues no more than 25 household licenses at a time.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 4 chickens |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Required: $30 license from the Board of Health, renewed annually |
| Coop setback | Coop and run in the rear yard, at least 25 feet from a neighboring home and 10 feet from each property line |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Ducks | Allowed with conditions |
Good to know
- Lots of at least 1/2 acre qualify; smaller lots need 1,500 square feet of rear yard for two chickens or 2,000 square feet for four.
- No more than 25 household licenses may be issued, with a waiting list after that.
- Applicants must take a backyard chicken class at their own expense and pass a coop inspection.
- No on-site slaughter and no selling of eggs.
What about ducks?
Only on four acres or more. Glassboro's backyard program covers chickens only; its zoning allows ducks as farm animals only on lots of at least four acres, with up to four small farm animals.
§ 107-93L; § 490-32B; § 490-66: "Keeping farm animals for pets, breeding, display, boarding or other purposes is prohibited in all zoning districts except on lots of at least four acres. ... Farm animals include ... chickens, ducks, geese" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Glassboro?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Gloucester 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.
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